Erik Solheim
Erik Solheim, a former Norwegian minister of development and minister of the environment, is Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
Erik Solheim, a former Norwegian minister of development and minister of the environment, is Chair of the OECD Development Assistance Committee.
In 2014, for the second consecutive year, official development assistance reached a historic high. But such spending could have a substantially greater impact if it were used to mobilize domestic tax … read more
An estimated $1 trillion, almost one-third of Africa’s GDP, leaves developing countries annually, though the true size of hidden transfers is, by definition, almost impossible to ascertain. But one th… read more
Today, roughly one-fifth of the world’s population lives in conflict-affected and fragile states, despite vast sums of money spent aiding such states over the last 50 years. Obviously, the way that in… read more
We must be careful not to fool ourselves into believing that the Millennium Development Goals can be achieved through development aid alone. The wider politics of poverty must be placed at the top of … read more
