Verden har ændret sig siden den 24. februar i år, og siden der blev afholdt Danmarks Indsamling i slutningen af januar. Først samlede vi ind til corona-krisens børn, og derefter til Ukraines befolkning. Og derefter lod regeringen de fattigste i verden betale en del af regningen for flygtninge fra Ukraine. En svinestreg! Men måske kan udviklingen bidrage til, at vi får en anden slags indsamling i 2023. ...
DIPD - Dansk Institut for Partier og Demokrati - udsendte for nogle måneder siden et katalog over erfaringer fra instituttets første 10 leveår. Det giver jeg her - som direktør for DIPD i en stor del af denne periode - nogle kommentarer med på vejen, ...
Fredag den 16. april 2021 udkommer mine nye bog: VI TROR VI KAN MÅLE ALT. EN HISTORIE OM UDVIKLING. Et kvart århundrede efter at have boet i Zimbabwe, kører jeg flere tusinde kilometer gennem landet for at finde ud af, hvordan det er gået med de projekter, vi sammen med lokale ildsjæle søgte at bygge op. Hvad står tilbage? Hvad er der sket med Zimbabwe?...
The Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy (DIPD) have just presented a new strategy for 2021-25, ten years after the institute established by the Danish parliament started its first activities in January 2011. Does the strategy make sense in the world we have today? ...
The Economist Democracy Index 2020 has just been released. It focuses on the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the numbers show that democracy is in trouble in most parts of the world. ...
Today, 15 September 2020, is the United Nations International Day of Democracy. A day to celebrate the ideas and principles of democracy that should be the framework for how we develop our societies in a peaceful manner, recognizing that we disagree on many issues. ...
Envoys from South Africa have visited President Mnangagwa to find ways of bringing normalcy to the situation. And former finance minister Tendai Biti from the opposition has offered his views. Is Covid-19 the worst threat to the future of Zimbabwe?...
The 2019 Annual Report from the Danish Institute for Parties and Democracy [DIPD] offers an interesting insight into efforts by the institute and the involved Danish political parties to contribute to democratization in various parts of the global South....
A few days ago, I received a copy of a letter in my inbox, sent on 2 April 2020 from the Minister of Finance and Economic Development of Zimbabwe, Prof. M. Ncube, to the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. The letter paints a dramatic picture of the Zimbabwean economy. It looks like it could collapse, if Zimbabwe receives no help....
Numbers can be confusing. How we use or misuse the numbers equally so. Still, I think we can talk about the number of people dying from COVID-19 without forgetting the number of people dying from malaria, every year, year after year. Let us at least not forget how the world works....