How to organize Norwegian aid? Part 2 of 4.
With cuts to USAID, the world needs greater and more effective investments in sexual and reproductive health and rights.
The United States and several European countries are turning their backs on the world. Is this the beginning of the end for aid as we know it?
In 2023, 31.7 billion Norwegian kroner (54% of Norway's aid budget) was allocated through multilateral organizations, with the UN system and the World Bank Group being the two main recipients. This note presents recommendations to the government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Norad on how the foreign service can become a more effective and coordinated donor to Norway's largest partners. We focus on the UN system and the World Bank in this first note of the series.
We have looked at the parties' alternative aid budget. Here's what we found.