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Development news round-up: Finland weighs aid to Nicaragua, DfID's response to 'peanuts' issue, and more
Posted by Jenny Lei Ravelo on 08 February 2012 10:59:02 AM
Today, we reported:
- Finland weighs future of aid to Nicaragua
- DfID reacts to ‘peanuts’ issue
- Conflict forces aid group out of northern Mali
- UNICEF gears up for innovation
- Oxfam report: We need to go local
- What forced WFP to buy from Glencore?
Other must-reads:
- Australia looks into increasing support for agricultural research
- Food security, poverty challenge Arab World
- Haiti needs faster distribution of aid, not fresh funding
- ODE review of AusAID comes out weak
- New aid guide links development, disaster risk reduction and climate change
- Piebalgs to support three objectives of UN sustainable energy initiative
- Bill Gates to discuss importance of agriculture at annual IFAD council
- IDB to launch English version of blog on early childhood development
- UN launches strategy to end Angolan, Liberian and Rwandan refugee crises
- AFC, UN partner for peace and development in Central Africa
- WFP food voucher scheme to reach 10,000 families in Benghazi
- USAID forum to link sport and development
- Egypt needs US for IMF deal
- Child labor in Afghanistan may spread with dwindling aid
- Handicap International to use mobile teams to get aid to disaster victims in the Philippines
- ASEAN member countries ‘stand ready’ to assist Philippine earthquake victims
- US explores possibility of sending humanitarian aid to Syria
- BMZ readies $15.9M emergency assistance for Sahel
- US, Vietnam to discuss cooperation on global health, climate change
- Former UNDP expert identifies ways in solving IDP issues
- EU launches program worth $2.9M for olive farmers in occupied Palestinian territory
- The power of social media in Uganda
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Jenny Lei Ravelo is a staff writer for Devex. She covers breaking international development news in the Middle East, North Africa, Asia and the Pacific for the Development Newswire, often focusing on aid worker security. Jenny is also a regular contributor to the GDB and other Devex publications.
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