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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
Abid Raja profile removed from booking agency after lecture criticism
Sondre Hansmark, seniorrådgiver i Langsikt, kritiserte Abid Raja for å ta betalt for å holde foredrag. I mediestormen som fulgte ble profilen til Raja hos bookingbyrået fjernet. Saken ble også dekket i VG, Nettavisen og Dagsnytt 18.
Interview with Nobel laureate in economics, Micheal Kremer, about the cuts to USAID
Micheal Kremer recently visited Oslo and gave lectures on effective aid, among others, hosted by Lang. The general manager of Long-Term, Eirik Mofoss, is interviewed in the report.
Aksel Braanen Sterri diskuterer Framtidspanelet på TV2 Nyhetskompaniet
Fagsjef i Langsikt gjestet TV2 Nyhetskompaniet fredag 16. mai.
“You can't get AI to generate something completely similar to, for example, Munch's paintings [...] without them having trained on their images"
Anders Eidesvik, AI advisor in Langsikt, is interviewed about copyright and AI in NRK.
What happened to the climate fight? Sondre Hansmark on Civita podcast
Is the Greta Thunberg generation dead, or does the climate fight just look different in 2025? Hear episode of “Think About It!” with Sondre Hansmark, a senior adviser in Langsikt and former leader of the Young Liberal Party.
Sigrid Bratlie on podcast about cell and gene therapy
What is cell and gene therapy, what treatments are approved and what are the bottlenecks and opportunities? Sigrid Bratlie, special adviser Langsikt, spoke about this and more as a guest on the podcast Radium.
NOREC exchange and information support are ineffective, says the think-tank Langsikt
A number of measures in Norwegian aid are “not effective” and should be cut altogether, Eirik Mofoss and Cindy Robles said in an interview with Panorama. The money saved, they will spend on other aid measures.
Digitalization minister Tung is one of the Parliament's least in-demand ministers.
The Parliament's lack of interest in digitalisation is worrying. “There is still a prevailing view that digitalisation is an unsexy political area,” says Anders Eidesvik in Langsikt.
Do you keep up with the AI development? Here are the main breakthroughs now
“The trend seems to have accelerated recently [and] this is perhaps the most important technical development happening right now,” says Jakob Graabak, AI expert and special adviser in Langsikt.
Eirik Mofoss on the podcast Liberal Halvtime
What is long-term policy, and why do we need to think long-term? General Manager of Langsikt, Eirik Mofoss, discusses with Mathilde Fasting about what should be done to get more long-term vision in politics.