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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Wednesday, February 29, 2012

  Successful development policy reduces poverty in Rwanda

  The poverty level in Rwanda has decreased from 56.7 to 44.9 per cent in the last five years and the extreme income poverty has gone down to 24 per cent. This means that Rwanda has reached its national target for poverty reduction, and the country’s exceptional development can rather be compared to that of China and Thailand than to its African neighbouring states.

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  Tuesday, February 21, 2012

  Fighting Corruption in Public Services - Chronicling Georgia's reforms

  Ten years ago corruption was frequent in Georgia. Through dedicated efforts, certain public services today are considered basically free of corruption. Representatives from the World Bank presented the success story and a new book on this theme at a seminar held at Sida.

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  Tuesday, January 31, 2012

  Africa – developing or lacking progress?

  Private sector is an important driving force for a faster development in Africa. But for the growth to take off the same way as it did in Asia, it’s crucial to invest in entrepreneurship, as well as to free oneself from old systems.