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A UN under pressure - The Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation on peace & sustainability
The world is facing major challenges in a time characterized by conflicts, climate change and increasing inequalities. Today, 1,1 billion people live in acute multidimensional poverty, and the financing gap for sustainable development has widened as a result of global crises and growing needs. At the same time, the pressure is increasing on the UN to deliver effective solutions in a world where national priorities [...]
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FUF examines the multilateral assistance to the EBA
SEK 13 billion of the Swedish aid went in 2023 to specific countries via multilateral organizations, so-called multi-bi support. The FUFs Lennart Wohlgemuth and Anna Sjöberg Tibblin have written a "working paper" for the Expert Group for Aid Analysis (EBA) in which they examined the possibilities for Sida to ensure that multilateral partners live up to aid's efficiency principles of local ownership, focus on results, inclusive partnerships, transparency and mutual responsibility in the very largest channel for Swedish aid.
December 9
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After the police threat - Doctors Without Borders leaves Haiti's capital
Doctors Without Borders announces in mid-November that it will leave Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Behind the decision lies a series of events, most recently that Haitian police stopped one of MSF's ambulances and executed two men who received treatment in the vehicle.
November 29
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1000 days of reporting on Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine
Last week marked 1000 days since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Development magazine has followed and reported on the development from an early stage. For example in these texts and conversations.
November 25
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