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Reply: "We do not portray children as helpless victims"
Of: By Byman
In a debate article on Biståndsdebatten, Alma Wallengren believes that the fundraising gala Children of the World is an example of how colonial ideas live on in Swedish fundraising galas and how Radiohjälpen and SVT thereby contribute to spreading the perception of "the white man's superiority". I agree that the very concept of a fundraising gala is not entirely problem-free but […]
October 11, 2013, Debate
Open letter to Aftonbladet's editor-in-chief
Of: Joachim Beijmo
Hey! I am writing to you on the occasion of Elisabet Höglund's column "Here is the result of our cynical assistance" in yesterday's newspaper. In recent times, aid has been highly topical in the media; if it can be shown that the development assistance benefits the poor, about the reporting of results, how the management of the development assistance is managed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other things. We […]
October 22, 2013, Debate
Reply: "If more children had died - would that be a reason to reduce aid?"
Of: Peter Winai
South Africa's Statistics Act is a copy of the Swedish one. It is there as a clear result of Swedish development assistance - and the dedicated efforts of competent people. In other cases, it is more difficult to track the results. The fact that fewer children are dying in Afghanistan and that life expectancy in Tanzania has increased is fantastic. Is it a result of aid? Of Sweden's […]
October 23, 2013, Debate
Wanted: Venture capital without requirements for bonuses and profit maximization
Lake Victoria in Africa, as large as the southern Baltic Sea, takes up to 5000 lives annually, according to local authorities. The most common causes include a generally poor safety awareness; non-existent use of life jackets, no other safety equipment and bad and overloaded boats. Add to that a non-existent sea rescue organization, both in terms of operational units but also the lack of a sea rescue center. We at Safe […]
October 25, 2013, Debate
The elimination of development assistance has negative consequences
Of: Erik Svanberg
At the end of September, it was revealed that former Minister for Development Aid Gunilla Carlsson had received her salary directly from the development assistance budget for four years. Since SEK 20 million had gone straight into Carlsson's wallet instead of aid, this provoked an intense debate. But despite the fact that the relationship itself can rightly create outrage, this acts rather […]
October 28, 2013, Debate
Burma - still not okay as a tourist destination
Of: Angelika Kahlo
The first snow over Sweden has already fallen and the free, spontaneous summer is just a memory, far from most people's gray, framed everyday life. Then the travel companies' commercials and posters appear as reminders of everyone's opportunity to escape the winter, for lazy days on a sunny beach far away. In the media, Burma has been exposed […]
November 1, 2013, Debate
Let's discuss PGU for real!
Of: Petra Flaum
It's fascinating how much resources are put into policies, guidelines and bills - given how little consideration is given to them once they are in place. Just think how the bill "Joint responsibility - Sweden's policy for global development (PGU)" has been treated during the 10 years it has existed. PGU has for it […]
November 14, 2013, Debate
Climate - what money is used?
Of: Jan Cedergren
At the climate summit in Copenhagen in 2009, the developed countries promised $ 100 billion per year from 2020 for climate measures in the developing countries. This was confirmed at recent climate meetings in Mexico and South Africa. The money would come "from a variety of sources" and be largely channeled through a new fund, the Green Climate Fund. The sources could be donations, loans and grants from […]
November 18, 2013, Debate
Private low-cost schools succeed better in development aid
Of: Henrik Sundbom
Malala Yousafzai, who was shot because she fought for the right of Pakistani girls to go to school, has become a strong symbol in a global and important struggle for education in poor countries. Swedish development aid money goes to this purpose through, among others, UNESCO's Education for All, which tends to see public actors as the only […]
November 19, 2013, Debate
Time for the big companies to open up about the tax
Two thirds of the largest companies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange do not want to state what policy they have for tax planning. Other companies have provided answers of varying quality in a new survey conducted by ActionAid. That's not enough. Transparency is a prerequisite for credibility and accountability. Our survey shows that a large part of the Swedish large companies […]
December 9, 2013, Debate