About Swedish aid
Published: August 31, 2020
Updated: July 3, 2025
The overall objective of Swedish development cooperation is to ensure that people living in poverty and oppression have the ability to improve their living conditions.
Swedish development cooperation consists of several thousand programmes and projects. They are being conducted in different countries, with different themes and together with different partners.
Openaid shows data from agencies and ministries that control funds within the
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Different kinds of aid
There are two types of aid: development cooperation and humanitarian aid. Development cooperation is long-term support for the development of other countries and is pursued in two forms: bilaterally or multilaterally. Humanitarian aid is immediate help in emergency situations.