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    Development news round-up: Donors respond to funding appeals, EDD 2011 kicks off, and more

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 16 December 2011

    Today, we reported:

    • Donors respond to UNHCR funding appeal, pledge $482M

    • As EU Development Days talks kick off, NGOs press for concrete plans

    • CERF requests $450M from donors

    • MCC OKs new Cape Verde program, names countries eligible for compacts

    • ‘Storm of hunger’ approaches South Sudan

    • ICRC aid convoy blocked in Somalia

    • EU, Russia reach agreement on fate of humanitarian aid to Kosovo Serbs

    • Early buzz around the Rio sustainable development conference

    Other must-reads:

    • UN plots ways to respond to potential food crisis in Sahel

    • Swaziland’s food insecurity feared to exacerbate in 2012

    • Proposed Republican spending bill sets conditions to continuing US aid to Palestine in 2012

    • Activist group detain suspects in aid workers’ kidnapping in Algeria

    • A look at US contribution to global water access campaign

    • What’s the role of mobile phones in agriculture development?

    • IFC boosts support for private sector development in Laos

    • UN polio vaccine scheme benefits thousands of South Sudanese children

    • African entrepreneurs bag UN-backed SEED, gender equity awards

    • AfDB exploring 2012 climate financing opportunities with Norway, South Korea

    • AusAID invites NGOs to submit proposals for climate change action grants

    • IDB approves $20M grant for Haiti’s renewable energy generation facility

    • IDB launches pilot credit facility to boost lending in high social-impact sectors in Latin America

    • Brazil commits $7.5M for UNRWA

    • World Bank launches World Development Report 2012 iPad app

    • Australia to provide $16M assistance to least developed countries

    • World Vision steps up anti-polio drive in Thailand

    • MSF calls on public to urge Johnson & Johnson to join Medicines Patent Pool

    • Nigeria AIDS control director says donor threats on withholding assistance will not affect HIV fight

    • Refugees International says US ignoring growing humanitarian needs in Afghanistan

    • Capacity building best way to improve food security in Africa’s pastoral areas

    • Kenyan pastoralists ponder on drought insurance: Use it to buy animals or pay off debt?

    • WFP aid to Takikistan stalled in Uzbekistan for a month

    • European Commission supports UN annual resolution on safety of humanitarian aid workers

    • UN says improved systems dealing with disasters in Africa needed

    • New study identifies evidence-based interventions addressing maternal and child mortality

    • Germany pledges $505.7M in aid to Vietnam

    • AfDB co-financing of CIF projects in 2012 expected to reach $600M

    • SEFA to go operational in 2012

    • African Water Facility to commit $32.6M to climate projects in 2012

    Read more development aid news online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.

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    • Jenny Lei Ravelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

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