Development News Round-up: More Aid for Pakistani Flood Victims, Fragile Anti-poverty Progress in Gaza and More

Today, we reported:

• More EU, Dutch Aid for Pakistani Flood Victims

• World Bank Finds ‘Surprising’ Poverty Reduction in Gaza But Calls it ‘Fragile’

• Study Profiles UK Foundations’ International Development Spending

• Report: How Counterterrorism Laws Affect Humanitarian Aid Operations

• EU Bolsters IMF Capacity-Building Initiative in Africa

• Japan Boosts AfDB Lending for SMEs

• In Somalia, Anti-Malarial Drive Intensifies

• EU Bolsters IMF Capacity-Building Initiative in Africa

• Pierre Boulet-Desbareau: Why Medical Competence in Humanitarian Logistics Matter

• Anand Reddi: PEPFAR at Risk Should Mitt Romney Become US President

• Japan Boosts AfDB Lending for SMEs

Other must-reads:

• USAID, Kraft Foods Partner to Help Cacao Farmers in Dominican Republic

• IDB Expands Support for Bolivia’s Public Sector Fiscal Sustainability Program

• ADB President Confirms Bank’s Support for Inclusive, Sustainable Growth in India

• EBRD Board Visits Armenia, Assess Bank-supported Activities

• USAID Invests in Research to Reduce Indoor Air Pollution

• PSC: US Foreign Aid Creates Local Jobs, Support Economic Growth, Security

• New Roll Back Malaria Partnership Report Optimistic on Progress of Global Effort to Eliminate Malaria

• At Forum, Experts Call for More Family Planning, Contraception Aid Programs in Developing Countries

• Australia, ADB Help Fund Tonga Urban Development Scheme

• International HIV/AIDS Alliance First Civil Society Group to Publish Aid Information in IATI

• MSF Opens Surgical Hospital in Afghan Province

• ADB, JICA in Wait-and-see Mode on Bangladeshi River Bridge Project

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