Lessons from Afghanistan - Part 2
This section of the FUF podcast is from our seminar on lessons learned from aid in Afghanistan, which was co-arranged with the Afghanistan Inquiry.
May 31, 2016, FUF pods
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Author: Matilda Andrén
Lessons from Afghanistan - Part 1
This section of the FUF podcast is from our seminar on lessons learned from aid in Afghanistan, which was co-arranged with the Afghanistan Inquiry.
May 31, 2016, FUF pods
Five challenges - five opportunities for you, Isabella!
Isabella Lövin has been given a new title. Instead of a Minister for Development Aid, Sweden now has a Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate. The title opens up new opportunities, writes Mattias Goldmann, CEO of the green and liberal think tank Fores, which here in an open letter delivers five challenges to the minister.
May 27, 2016, Debate
Agenda 2030 - development at home
This section of the FUF podcast is from our seminar series on the Global Goals for Sustainable Development, where we ask those in power about the work on Agenda 2030. This time we get to listen to Oskar Thorslund, subject advisor at the Department of Public Administration at the Ministry of Finance, who talks about implementation of the agenda at home.
May 25, 2016, FUF pods
Poverty is not a static condition
Of: Annie Sturinge (f. Sturesson)
Last year, the poverty line was raised from $ 1,25 to $ 1,9 a day, but what does the measure really say about poverty? Social aspects, such as access to education and health, also affect the well-being of households. How we choose to measure poverty is very much a political issue, writes development economist Annie Sturesson.
May 24, 2016, Debate
Land grabbing - who has the right to the land?
This section is from the armchair talk "Who has the right to the land?". Rebecka Jalvemyr, head of the office at FIAN Sweden (FoodFirst Information and Action Network), visited FUF to talk about land grabbing with examples from Brazil and Ethiopia.
May 23, 2016, FUF pods
Stand up for humanitarian principles!
Of: Dick Clomen and Hala Mohammed
The number of displaced people is the highest in modern times and today marks the first World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul. Now more than ever, states and leaders are needed who stand up for basic humanitarian values. It is written by Dick Clomén and Hala Mohammed, representatives of the Swedish Red Cross at WHS.
May 23, 2016, Debate
Aid to Africa is needed again!
After about fifteen years of good growth, economic development in Africa has changed abruptly. The need for assistance is increasing at the same time as donor countries are making cuts and reprioritisations. Now we must make sure to safeguard long-term poverty reduction efforts run by the African countries themselves, writes Lennart Wohlgemuth.
May 16, 2016, Debate
Swedish arms export and disarmament policy - with Linda Åkerström
This section is from the armchair talk "Swedish arms export and disarmament policy". Linda Åkerström, disarmament manager at the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Association, visited FUF to present new statistics and talk about the Swedish arms industry, relevant authorities and the view of security.
May 12, 2016, FUF pods
Invest in educational initiatives with a proven effect
Of: Amy Damon, Bixuan Sun., Paul Glewe and Suzanne Wisniewski
Education leads to development, but what efforts improve education? In order to ensure that training aid is used effectively, aid actors must invest in high-quality evaluations using quantitative methods. It writes Amy Damon, Paul Glewwe, Suzanne Wisniewski and Bixuan Sun, the authors of a new EBA report on educational initiatives in developing countries.
May 10, 2016, Debate