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Aftenposten prevents an enlightened aid debate
Shutting down aid is as knowledgable as shutting down health care.
We are not prepared for the most severe threats
The white paper on total preparedness national security, but we do not know what dangers threaten us or what to do about them.
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.
Media coverage
Five happy things in biotechnology
Molecular biologist and senior advisor Sigrid Bratlie explains five biotechnology breakthroughs. They sound like science fiction, but are happening right now.
Will examine the use of consultants in the assistance
Senior adviser Cindy Robles is interviewed stating that the World Bank has replied to the State Department that it has nothing to defer on the cost level of Abyrint.
Cindy Robles om norsk støtte til Verdensbanken: – Ikke like hot å gi penger til kjernen
Norske bistandspenger går til dyre særfond med fancy logoer fremfor der de gjør mest nytte, mener seniorrådgiver i Langsikt og tidligere Verdensbank-ansatt.
Podcast with Cindy Robles about the World Bank
Senior adviser Cindy Robles has guested on the podcast World Problems to discuss the government's new strategy for the World Bank.
Many countries are cutting aid to refugees. Norway, too, has changed its priorities in recent years. In Kakuma refugee camp, they have to face consequences.
Eirik Mofoss's aid budget analysis is linked to in NRK's case on aid cuts.
Podcast with Sigrid Bratlie: - I was hung out for telling the truth
Sigrid Bratlie guested on the Ness podcast where she spoke about covid-19 and the lab leak theory and transparency in academia.
- Inga Strümke does us all a disservice
If the future is uncertain, there is all the more reason to prepare for a number of different outcomes, writes columnist and former Long-Term Advisor Anders Eidesvik. He responds to the criticism Strümke made in Morgenbladet.
The Eirik Mofoss Method: How to Discuss Aid with People Who Basically Have Second Value Views
Panorama Nyheter mentioned the “Eirik Mofoss method” after Eirik Mofoss guested on the podcast Ness on the topic of aid.
Podkast: Effective Aid, Rationality and the Ethics of the Future
General Manager Eirik Mofoss guested on the podcast Skravlekassen.
Norway changes course for its biggest aid recipient
“When everything is important, nothing becomes a priority,” senior advisor Cindy Robles told Panorama News.