Aid

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Publications

18.11.25

Policy note

The death of the aid percentage: An analysis of what Norwegian aid goes to

Never before has the share of Norwegian aid going to poverty reduction and development been lower.

29.10.25

Policy note

The world's best insurance: How investments in global health security protect both Norway and the world

It's time to treat health as security policy.

2.5.2024

Executive Director Eirik Mofoss in NRK Debatten on Aid

Executive Director Eirik Mofoss meets Development Minister Anne Beathe Tvinnereim (Sp), Hans Andreas Limi (FrP), and Kari Helene Partapuoli (Plan International Norway) in NRK Debatten on whether Norwegian aid is working well enough and whether it should be divided into two: poverty alleviation and global common goods.

Team

Eirik Mofoss

Managing Director

Cindy Robles

Senior Advisor

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20.2.25

Policy note

Leadership in crisis: a Nordic counter-reaction to Trump

With cuts to USAID, the world needs greater and more effective investments in sexual and reproductive health and rights.

14.2.25

Op-ed

Criticism must be based on facts to contribute to improvement

A former aid adviser criticizes both aid organizations, Norad and Long Term for defending themselves rather than providing answers. But without truthful stories, there is little to answer.

4.2.25

Op-ed

Have we reached “peak aid”?

The United States and several European countries are turning their backs on the world. Is this the beginning of the end for aid as we know it?

3.2.25

Op-ed

Aftenposten prevents an enlightened aid debate

Shutting down aid is as knowledgable as shutting down health care.

20.1.25

Op-ed

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.

15.1.25

Policy note

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.

13.1.25

Op-ed

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.

11.12.24

Policy note

Norwegian aid 2025 - what do the different parties think?

We have looked at the parties' alternative aid budget. Here's what we found.

11.11.24

Op-ed

An unsuitable humanitarian strategy

The principles of Norway's new humanitarian strategy are unsuitable for making budgetary priorities. It's a democratic problem.

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Media coverage

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Media coverage

Handlingsregelen som kan redde norsk bistand

First published:

Morgenbladet

7.3.2024

Generalsekretæren i Redd Barna svarer på kritikken av norsk bistandspolitikk ytret av daglig leder Eirik Mofoss i et intervju i Morgenbladet 1.mars.

Aid

Publications

The death of the aid percentage: An analysis of what Norwegian aid goes to

The world's best insurance: How investments in global health security protect both Norway and the world

Executive Director Eirik Mofoss in NRK Debatten on Aid