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Support models for CSOs at country level: synthesis report
Scanteam, 2007The six "Nordic" donors - Canada, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and the UK - commissioned a review of alternative models of support to civil society. This document is the result and aims to review these experiences.DocumentMinicipal international co-operation: Kristiansand (Norway) and Walvis Bay (Namibia)
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, 2008Commissioned by the Norwegian Association for Local and Regional Authorities (KS), this report evaluates the Municipal International Co-operation (MIC) between Walvis Bay, Namibia and Kristiansand, Norway.DocumentIs it the fault of NGOs alone?: aid and dependency in eastern Sudan
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2008Does humanitarian assistance end up creating dependence, not development? Scholars of development studies have long debated the efficacy of humanitarian assistance in the Sudan, especially in eastern Sudan, where humanitarian agencies have been working for more than two decades.DocumentManaging aid exit and transformation: lessons from Botswana, Eritrea, India, Malawi and South Africa: synthesis report
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2008In 2005 four donor countries – Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden – took the initiative for a joint donor evaluation of the management of country level exit processes in development cooperation.DocumentHumanitarian response to natural disasters: a synthesis of evaluation findings
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007This synthesis report on the lessons learned in the field of humanitarian response to natural disasters is intended to provide input to ongoing processes, including the preventive efforts of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to provide basic information for interested actors in the humanitarian sector.DocumentChina in Africa: lending, policy space and governance
Norwegian Council for Africa, 2008China has had bad press regarding its involvement in sub-Saharan Africa. Its lack of aid conditionality – particularly in the field of human rights and environmental issues; its apparent disregard for transparency in the loan contraction processes and its general lack of adherence to international standards in responsible funding has caused alarm in the donor community.DocumentAsian models for aid: is there a non-western approach to development assistance?
Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2007Increasingly, Asia's emerging market economies are entering the landscape of international aid, joining Japan as major international donors. But how different are Asian countries' aid policies to those of Western countries, and what challenges and opportunities do they represent for the global development community?DocumentReview of the embassy’s development assistance portfolio regarding increased focus on environmental aspects
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation - NORAD, 2007This paper provides a review of the Norwegian Embassy in Kathmandu’s development assistance portfolio, identifying how it can integrate environmental concerns into current agreements, within the present framework and budgets, and for possible future phases of the various programmes.DocumentLooking a gift horse in the mouth: the case of Zambia’s refusal to accept american food aid
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2007A failure to recongnise the complexity of food issues has led to the development of diverse and conflicting regulatory systems to address food trade and food safety. This paper uses the example of Zambia's refusal of American GM maize as food aid in 2002 to illustrate this point. It discusses: