Four MPs have proposed that the government adopt a long-term plan for Norwegian aid. The proposers argue that aid priorities have shifted markedly in recent years, with less emphasis on traditional poverty reduction and more on climate, environment, and security objectives. They contend that a long-term plan would create predictability, strengthen Norwegian development policy, and enable better measurement of results from multilateral organizations.
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The Storting calls on the government to present a long-term plan for Norwegian aid in the next parliamentary White Paper on aid.
The Storting calls on the government to develop a clearer strategy for Norwegian aid in which poverty reduction is established as the primary purpose.
The Storting calls on the government to establish a comprehensive and transparent system for systematic measurement and ranking of multilateral organizations and funds that receive Norwegian aid, based on their results and how effectively they contribute to Norwegian aid objectives, and to use this as the basis for prioritizing future aid allocations.