Current topics and events 2012

• current topics

  Wednesday, December 19, 2012

  Women’s economic empowerment increases stability

  Women have an important role in contributing to peace and stability in war-torn countries. If given the opportunity to invest, they often put their money in businesses that benefit the local economy, which in turn contributes to stability. Nonetheless, in order to strengthen women's economic development, men need to be involved.

• Current topics

  Wednesday, November 14, 2012

  Results discussion at a high level

  Results must, of course, be in the focus of all development aid efforts. But how can you determine the results when both activities and development cooperation environments are as complex as they are? These were the main issues discussed during the Development Talk to which Sida recently invited among others Dr. Michael Woolcock, a senior researcher at the World Bank and a lecturer at Harvard who has led many international development project evaluations.

• Current topics

  Tuesday, November 13, 2012

  Demographic statistics for better health

  In order to plan a country’s health services in a functional manner it is essential to have access to data on the population’s health. Data such as what diseases are common, average life expectancy, how many women die in childbirth and so on. Sida supports the INDEPTH network which gathers information and develops basic practical systems.

• Current topics

  Monday, November 05, 2012

  Observing democracy in the making

  On 28 October parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine. Sweden financed three interventions to help in making the elections free and fair. One was directed to OSCE/ODIHRs election monitors. Madeleine Hägg–Liljeström shares her views as one of the election monitors.

• current topics

  Thursday, October 11, 2012

  Supporting research a key to development

  Biogas production in small villages and new medication against parasitic diseases. These are some of the progresses that Sida’s longstanding support for research in Bolivia has contributed to. Strengthening national research is vital in order to solve the country’s problems, and thus contribute to development.

• current topics

  Wednesday, October 03, 2012

  Open data means transparent aid

  World aid is becoming more transparent and accessible to ordinary citizens, according to a report from Publish What You Fund. Sweden gets good marks for its efforts to make data available, which helps tax payers in Sweden as well as people in our cooperation countries to see where the money goes. But internationally, the big transparency work has only started.

• current topics

  Wednesday, September 05, 2012

  Tough fight against corruption in Eastern Europe

  EU membership and reform cooperation has influenced Eastern Europe over the past ten years, but the level of corruption in the region has hardly improved, despite major investments in anti-corruption programmes. There are approaches that work, but it is not the donors that must do the work, the change has to come from within.

• Current topics

  Monday, July 02, 2012

  Reality checks give people a voice

  Reality checks are a method used to determine how people perceive their situation. The results provide a picture of how aid succeed in reaching out to the poorest. Now are ​​such studies being done in Mozambique.

• Current topics

  Wednesday, May 02, 2012

  UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and Sida in partnership

  Sweden and UNCDF Announces a $16 million Partnerships Framework on Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development. The new agreement is seen as an innovative framework for fostering inclusive growth, sustainable development and aid effectiveness.

• current topics

  Friday, April 27, 2012

  Ugandans want to learn about Swedish quality

  The Swedish model of quality infrastructure is inspiring and clearly shows benefits of having different institutions for different tasks. These were the comments from the Ugandan delegation visiting Sweden to learn more about standards and quality.