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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
I think the aid has a PR problem
Panorama Nyheter has written about attitudes towards aid, referring to the Ipsos survey on aid that Long Term designed.
Warns against AI development: “Then we're fucked
Senior Advisor at Langsikt, Tellef S. Raabe, fears for the revenue base of the media industry when ChatGPT is supposed to update users on news.
Want to cut corporate taxes: -- Should do something to get more investment
Trade Council member Kristoffer Berg is interviewed in E24 about the Long-Term memo “Tax policy for the future”.
Fewer journalists, more KI — who powers the walls?
Senior Advisor Tellef Raabe on the podcast Behind the News with Elin Ludvigsen to discuss KI and the media.
Camilla Stoltenberg on podcast about global health
Trade Council member Camilla Stoltenberg speaks on global health on Liberal Halftime. In 2024, she chaired the Stoltenberg Committee on Global Health, where Long Term was one of the principals.
We earned almost twice as much as we gave in aid
Norfund should be allowed by the government to invest in several sectors, including health and education, says Eirik Mofoss. He is interviewed about the profitability of Norwegian investments in Africa.
Senior Adviser Tellef Raabe on podcast about KI and media economy
Tellef Raabe discusses together with Gievær & the gang.
Criticism of Langsikt Memo “Welcome to New NORAD Director”
Social anthropologist and special adviser for West Africa at Det Norske Missionsselskap (NMS) asks whether pooling aid will make it more effective.
Calls for AI measures: — Students, do not become apathetic!
Other divisions in the AI system, base salaries and a system of apprenticeships for graduates. Research director in the think-tank Long Term Aksel Braanen Sterri in a report in Universitas.
Follow-up to Senior Adviser's Tellef Raabe's Chronicle on Potential KI-Created Media Crisis
DN editor calls for a common front against tech giants, writes Klassekampen. Aftenposten launches KI newshunter, reports Journalisten. Both cases build on Tellef Raabe's chronicle “Media Crisis on the Stairs” and ChatGPT's access to articles behind paywall.