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More knowledge-based aid. What's the next step?
Tighter budgets and new crises make it even more important to have knowledge-based and cost-effective aid. Norway is already doing a lot to make this happen, but we have more to go on. A working group has presented a report with new recommendations.
Improving the efficiency of Norwegian aid through the UN and the World Bank
In 2023, 31.7 billion Norwegian kroner (54% of Norway's aid budget) was allocated through multilateral organizations, with the UN system and the World Bank Group being the two main recipients. This note presents recommendations to the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Norad on how the foreign service can become a more effective and coordinated donor to Norway's largest partners. We focus on the UN system and the World Bank in this first note of the series.
An invisible environmental poison costs millions of lives
Lead in food and paint causes health damage to millions of children every year. Poor countries in particular have a long way to go.
Salmon suffering is Norway's darkest secret
... and the government does nothing. Here are four steps that can help with Norway's biggest animal welfare disaster.
AI must be democratic and cheap
Last week, the leading AI company Open AI announced that the premium version of the best Chat GPT model will go from costing $20 to $200 a month. So you have to spend 25,000 Norwegian kroner a year if you want the latest technology from Silicon Valley.
California has declared a state of emergency. The bird flu could become a global pandemic.
We are in a race against the clock.
Hello, power cable opponents. Can any of you show me where I'm wrong?
High electricity prices are a blessing.
Norwegian aid 2025 - what do the different parties think?
We have looked at the parties' alternative aid budget. Here's what we found.
Media coverage
Eirik Mofoss and Fride Nordstrand Nilsen as co-authors in a Lancet commentary
The commentary presents recommendations from national expert groups for how Norway, Denmark and Germany can renew their leadership in global health.
Tellef Raabe becomes new AI expert in Langsikt
Media sociologist Tellef Raabe is moving to Oslo to strengthen the KI team at the think tank Lang.
Aksel Braanen Sterri wants tax on animal suffering
If the philosopher gets what he wants, the farmers will have to find something else to do — or start growing plants. Reportage with Chief Scientific Officer Aksel Braanen Sterri in Morgenbladet on how to improve animal welfare.
The think-tanks Civita, Agenda and Langjoin forces to urge Development Minister Åsmund Aukrust to take action. “Untimely,” replies the minister.
The think-tanks want answers on what tomorrow's billion-dollar aid will be spent on, and for the government to prioritise a new development policy announcement.
Reponse to Langsikt: Global Education Funds Are Not “Intermediaries”
Somalia's education minister and Haiti's former education minister disagree with Longsight's recommendation to cut support for global education funds.
The economists banged on, but the Research Council only let in the technologists
Bram Timmermans responds to Braanen Sterri's chronicle about the lack of presence of social economists when the “Ki-milliardern” was handed out.
Advarer mot Norec-nedleggelse
Fremskrittspartiet vil kutte støtten til Norec dersom det blir borgerlig regjering til høsten, noe også Langsikt tok til orde for notatet "Tid for omprioritering". Det advarer utviklingsminister Åsmund Aukrust (Ap) sterkt imot.
Kritiserer ny 100-dagersplan: Langsikt må tenke mer langsiktig
Tankesmien Langsikt mener at en ny regjering bør gjøre 20 endringer i bistanden i løpet av sine første 100 dager. – Det er et utålmodig notat der ting skal gjøres fort, sier CMI-forsker Ottar Mæstad.
Eirik Mofoss om endringer i et langsiktig perspektiv på Storebrand-konferansen
Se hele foredraget på Storebrand sine nettsider.
Jan-Christian Vestre and Eirik Mofoss at Ekko
The Minister of Health and Care Services and the Generel Manager of Langsikt spoke about the WHO, the aid cuts, health security and the EU Health Union.