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Expensive currency transactions and high currency risks make foreign aid less effective than it should be. We are changing this now.
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This is AidHedge!
This is AidHedge!
Expensive currency transactions and high financial risk makes funding of sustainable development and foreign aid less effective. We are…
Númi Östlund
Oct 9, 2017
The case for a currency policy in aid organisations
The case for a currency policy in aid organisations
Very few of the aid organisations have a currency policy — this means they are exposed to significant reputational and financial risks!
Númi Östlund
Nov 4, 2019
Disberse + AidHedge = True!
Disberse + AidHedge = True!
A strategic partnership to innovate aid transactions
Númi Östlund
Feb 12, 2019
Update! Partnerships, beta and more…
Update! Partnerships, beta and more…
We usually try and do an update every month or so, but the last two months were just too packed! Sorry! We’ll try and make it up to yo’all…
Númi Östlund
Dec 13, 2018
The first step towards better funding — join our new beta program!
The first step towards better funding — join our new beta program!
After about a year of lessons learned together with early-stage partners, we will be rolling out our platform on a broader scale. To make…
Númi Östlund
Oct 9, 2018
Exchange rates and budgeting at the Zambian MoH
Exchange rates and budgeting at the Zambian MoH
The question of exchange rates and the effectiveness of development assistance is almost un-researched. There are almost no publications of…
Númi Östlund
Sep 26, 2018
A unique study of FX-risk and donor funding
A unique study of FX-risk and donor funding
The Expert Group for Aid Studies, EBA, has published a new report that describes how fluctuating currency exchange rates affect Swedish aid…
Númi Östlund
Sep 22, 2018
The next innovation? — Our concepts and ideas!
The next innovation? — Our concepts and ideas!
We have realised that we stumble upon new ideas all the time. It’s things that could be improved, or solutions waiting to be developed (or…
Númi Östlund
Sep 17, 2018
World Vision case: currency risk in a multi-partner and multi-country project
World Vision case: currency risk in a multi-partner and multi-count...
We have been working with World Vision, analyzing one of their projects with a special focus on financial predictability. Together we…
Númi Östlund
Jun 19, 2018
Case: Predictable funding to India
Case: Predictable funding to India
We are thrilled to be able to start presenting cases of innovative funding in foreign aid and sustainable development. There are a lot of…
Númi Östlund
May 16, 2018
More funding with better FX transactions — the case of Social Initiative
More funding with better FX transactions — the case of Social Initi...
Sending funds to project and partners is an integral part of international cooperation, in both foreign aid and sustainable development…
Númi Östlund
May 9, 2018
Less is more — rolling out the new service
Less is more — rolling out the new service
We are finally starting to release our new service! The new service is built using all the valuable lessons learned we have made together…
Númi Östlund
Mar 19, 2018
A BIG launch coming up in March!
A BIG launch coming up in March!
OK, it is finally time! In the next few weeks we are closing down the current, old beta version and launching the first part of our new…
Númi Östlund
Feb 11, 2018
How we are kick-starting 2018!
How we are kick-starting 2018!
It’s funny how a change in the calendar can impact how you view things. It’s new year, with all new opportunities! So we are super thrilled…
Númi Östlund
Jan 10, 2018
Integrating IATI — a tech overview
Integrating IATI — a tech overview
This is a short text about how we integrated IATI’s datastore into our platform. Since we started Aidhedge, we hade this idea of…
Ivo Lejon
Nov 22, 2017
Foreign aid infographics
Foreign aid infographics
We have been looking for some really nice aid data visualisations, but have not really found what we wanted. A lot of it is just data…
Jerker Lokrantz
Nov 21, 2017
What we are up to — November!
What we are up to — November!
We have had a super busy period, but though it would be good to take a short break and share work, and all the progress with you all. We…
Númi Östlund
Nov 16, 2017
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