Development news round-up: Margaret Chan nominated for second term, WFP's Yemen humanitarian response, and more

Today, we reported:

• Margaret Chan wins nomination for second WHO leadership term

• WFP scales up Yemen humanitarian response

• ADB lends Pakistan $513M

• Egypt seeks to save economy, assure donors with IMF loan request

• Police rescue children from NGO

• What to do with the education problem in Ethiopia?

• Summers for World Bank president?

• US sets eyes on Africa

Other must-reads:

• Máire Geoghegab-Quinn presents Horizon 2020, the European Commission’s program for research and innovation funding

• AfDB to finance water, sanitation, health projects in Uganda

• Controversial elections prompt Dirk Niebel to restrict Germany’s ODA with Nicaragua

• UNDP calls for ‘energy plus’ package to reduce poverty in Asia and the Pacific

• Funding for NGOs from Western donors down at least 20 percent

• Aid agencies need to bridge gap between emergency humanitarian and long-term development aid

• ADB signs agreement to release $23.4M for India’s agribusiness program

• ADB, Japan grant $2M technical assistance to boost safe remittance services in Bangladesh

• International medical charity Merlin appoints country director and country health director in Kenya and Somalia

• KOICA to provide $3M for Myanmar’s disease-control project

• AfDB commits $50M for Africa’s statistical development efforts

• UN to ask international observers to monitor aid to Sudan

• EU Commission ups aid for Sahel

• More aid for Haiti reconstruction

• Vietnam, ADB inks $25M agreement

• EU unveils support for democratic reform process in North Africa

• Rwanda wins World Bank agriculture aid

• Azerbaijan secures education development aid from IsDB

• Valerie Amos reiterates concern over humanitarian situation in Palestinian territories

• UN relief official urges continued aid for Ivory Coast

• 3 US-backed programs target better flood preparation, management in Thailand

• UN, ASEAN aim to end violence against children, women

• US to unveil plans for UN reform agenda

• ADB supports development of Mongolia’s ger areas

• Vanuatu’s shipping industry to get boost with ADB, New Zealand partnership

• Global Fund celebrates 10th anniversary

• BBC, UNDP partner to promote youth civic engagement in Cambodia

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