Development Aid
Alliance Sud on development cooperation and development policies of Swizerland.
"Conditionalitis" and Development cooperation
Ahead of the consultations on the new line of credit (2013-2016), the critics are demanding that development cooperation should be made to serve Swiss interests. - A commentary by Peter Niggli, director of Alliance Sud. ...>>
The OECD development cooperation of the future
Development cooperation should greatly expand its topic range and pay more attention to global public goods. This is the general tenor of the report published by the «forward thinker», the OECD, to mark the 50th anniversary of its Development Assistance Committee DAC. ...>>
Busan: OECD veering in the wrong direction
The broad outlines of a new structure for official development aid will be laid out in Busan, South Korea in late November. For the fourth time since 2003, industrialized and developing countries will be discussing ways of making development cooperation more effective. The competition for «new donor countries» and the private sector could well set the clock back and water down important principles. ...>>
Swiss ODA: major debate in prospect
The Swiss Parliament will be holding a major debate next year on official development assistance. It will focus on an overall credit package for the years 2013 to 2016, worth between 10 and 12 billion francs. ...>>
Fighter jets and development aid
Our parliament took two astounding decisions this year. It decided in the spring to increase the development aid budget and in the autumn to expand the army and purchase new combat aircraft. Both affect foreign policy, including the decision on the army. What can we expect from them? - By Peter Niggli ...>>
