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    Development news round-up: ACTA and generic medicines, EEAS spending, Padma bridge project, and more

    By Devex Editor // 03 February 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • ACTA: More than just a piracy issue

    • Catherine Ashton defends EEAS expenditure

    • Is UK running away from foreign aid pledge?

    • Watchdog says no corruption in Bangladesh bridge project

    • Wanted: Successful businesses with significant MDG impact

    • Egypt turns to World Bank, EU for financial support

    • US injects funds into Pakistani universities

    • UN appeals for $718M for DRC

    • VSF Belgium seeks more aid for African pastoralists

    Other must reads:

    • World Meteorological Organization launches new climate, weather information system

    • Changes await the Global Fund

    • Switzerland releases new foreign policy report

    • Assistance needed for scientists in poor countries

    • Uganda secures $70M for road safety

    • ICRC reacts to al-Shabab ban, affirms commitment to helping Somalis

    • Haruhiko Kuroda urges private sector to boost green investment

    • Multidonor livelihood fund improved basic infrastructure, agricultural techniques in Myanmar

    • World Bank approves $70M climate change program in Vietnam

    • Cholera breaks out among children, elderly in Kachin refugee camps

    • Milk donations indirectly worsening malnutrition in storm-hit southern Philippines

    • USAID sign $60M food-security MOU with Ghana

    • Whydev, Development Crossroads launch peer coaching for aid, development workers

    • World Bank’s innovative financing scheme might not apply to hydropower projects

    • Challenge to aid agencies in Asia: Use economic lessons to guide development

    • Andris Piebalgs appoints founding members of new EU development policy advisory board

    • Helen Clark updates UNDP executive board on next strategic plan

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