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Jennifer Brookland

Jennifer Brookland is a former Devex global development reporter based in Washington, D.C. She has worked as a humanitarian reporter for the United Nations and as an investigative journalist for News21. Jennifer holds a bachelor's in foreign service from Georgetown University and a master's in journalism from Columbia University and in international law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School. She also served for four years as an Air Force officer.

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In the news: Events and conferences
In the news: Events and conferences
World Urban Forum links development with better city planning
3 Sep 2012
With sustainability topping the post-2015 development agenda, issues created by global urbanization will have to be addressed in conjunction with greener concerns. At this week’s World Urban Forum in Italy, the aid agenda is fitting itself into traditional urban planning and forward-looking sustainability conversations.
News analysis: Water and sanitation
News analysis: Water and sanitation
A wave of support for WASH
31 Aug 2012
At World Water Week in Stockholm, which ends today, advocates for water, sanitation and hygiene interventions are pulling out the hard evidence that mainstreaming WASH is the best way to achieve development goals.. Devex spoke with one the issue’s champions.
In the news: Food security
In the news: Food security
ASEAN’s ‘catalytic’ role in averting a global food crisis
31 Aug 2012
As one of the world’s major rice producers, Southeast Asia can impact global food trading. The Asian Development Bank recommends establishing a commodities exchange and rice index to ensure stable rice prices not only for the region but also worldwide, averting what many fears as a possible repeat of 2008. Devex discusses the role development partners can play to help the Asian rice markets work.
In the news: Ghana
In the news: Ghana
Chronically poor northern Ghana gets its own Millennium Village
30 Aug 2012
Ghana is on track to halve poverty by 2015, but not everyone is benefiting. A newly announced Millennium Village in the northern part of the country hopes to address deep pockets of poverty.
Business Insight: USAID
Business Insight: USAID
In USAID procurement, a game of stop-and-go
29 Aug 2012
The U.S. Agency for International Development has been known for its particularly cumbersome process and frequent delays in awarding field work. But over the past few years, delays have become worse, implementers tell Devex. Here’s why.
In the news: Funding
In the news: Funding
Global Fund awards $419M in new grants
29 Aug 2012
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has approved 45 proposals from 37 different countries, awarding grants totaling $419.8 million. The projects were given “on an exceptional basis” through a Transitional Funding Mechanism, launched as a preemptive effort to safeguard gains the organization feared would be lost after the normal proposal cycle was canceled.
In the news: Somalia
In the news: Somalia
In Somalia, FAO worker’s death spells trouble
29 Aug 2012
A U.N. employee was killed in a targeted attack in southern Somalia — a setback in the international campaign to deliver aid to the famished region controlled by al-Shabab militants.
In the news: Funding
In the news: Funding
Global Fund rewards Nigeria’s malaria investments
28 Aug 2012
Nigeria’s malaria prevention and treatment programs just received a $225 million boost from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, including a grant tied to the African country’s additional commitments.
In the news: Aid worker security
In the news: Aid worker security
Myanmar sends aid workers to jail
28 Aug 2012
Three aid workers were sentenced in a courtroom in Myanmar: The charges against them had never been revealed, and the United Nations has never been allowed to meet with them.
In the news: Inclusive development
In the news: Inclusive development
EU outlines strategy to strengthen social protection policies
28 Aug 2012
Recognizing inequality as a development challenge, the EU Commission released its first ever communication on social protection. Devex gives you a rundown of the vision behind it, and the steps ahead.
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