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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
Aksel Braanen Sterri on Dagsrevyen
Research Director Aksel Braanen Sterri shed light on how AI could impact the future job market.
OpenAI's AI hacked into a company on its own
Head of Emerging Technologies Lotte Skolem interviewed about OpenAI's AI hacking another AI company on its own.
Eirik Mofoss on Sommer i P2
Eirik Mofoss was a guest on the radio program Sommer i P2.
Langsikt strengthens the team
Ram Eirik Glomseth has just started as an intern at the think tank Langsikt, while Martin Sunde Eriksen will join as a permanent employee in August.
How to rebuild trust in foreign aid?
Langsikt Academy participant Thomas Aarheim writes about how Norway enjoys immense trust as an aid donor globally. The question is how we rebuild that same trust domestically.
Norwegian top diplomat in close contact with Iran: "A deal is nearing"
State Secretary Andreas Kravik interviewed about a possible agreement between the US and Iran at the Langsikt Seminar.
Can artificial intelligence withstand a scorching hot planet?
Terje Erikstad writes about threats from artificial intelligence and highlights Langsikt's seminar on biological threats.
Norad risks undermining what they aim to strengthen
Digni responds to Cindy Robles' op-ed on Norad's proposed changes to civil society support.
– We must do less of everything that dilutes aid
Senior Advisor Cindy Robles was interviewed about how she would have reformed Norwegian aid if she had been in charge.
More than the number of mosquito nets and vaccines
Digni's CEO is interviewed about aid in Dagen, and Eirik Mofoss' criticism of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is mentioned.