Development News Round-up: Pakistan, East Africa, Aid Worker Security, Irish Aid and More

Today, we reported: 

• Donors Pressed to Do More For Somalia 

• Aid Agencies, Local Officials Fear Pakistan Would Be A ‘Forgotten Crisis’ 

• Donors Pledge New Aid for East Africa Crisis, Belie Talks of ‘Donor Fatigue’

• International Aid Groups Asked to Remove ‘Headquarters-Country Bias’ 

• Australia Strengthens Development Partnership with US, Pledges $2.28M for Women’s Microfinance 

• Ireland Begins Aid Policy Review, Appoints New Chief of Advisory Group 

• MENA Reform Support Partnership Welcomes New Members 

• Health Groups Urge UN Meeting To Resist Alcohol, Tobacco Industries Pressure 

• Global Fund, Plan Partner to Tackle Malaria in West Africa 

Other must-reads:

• Norwegian Refugee Council, DfID Partner to Help Displaced, Refugees in 7 Countries

• EIB To Help Ugrade Ukraine Power Network

• DfID To Fund New Millennium Village Project in Ghana

• UN Gives Libya’s Seat to National Transitional Council

• Irish Aid 2010 Report Highlights Impacts on Lives of World’s Poor

• Ivory Coast Gets $150M world Bank Grant for Reconstruction

• Kiribati to Get $10.8M for 3rd Phase of Climate Change Resilience Project

• World Bank Flagship Report 2012: Spotlight on Gender Equality and Development

• US, Japan, Slovenia Fail to Provide Safe Water and Sanitation to the Marginalized

• Aung San Suu Kyi, Desmond Tutu to Speak in CGI Meeting

• Uzbekistan Gets $93M World Bank Loan for Health Services

• Japan Gives 2nd Donation for WFP Program in Uganda

• IDB, Brazil to Hold Conference on World Cup’s Impact on Development

• French Lawmakers Mull Introducing FTT to Fund Developmnent

• New Eurodad Aid Effectiveness Report Highlights Procurement, Untying Aid

• In California: Olive Growers Slam US Aid for Morocco’s Agriculture

• Oxfam Chair Wendy Sherman Appointed to State Department Post

• EBRD Helps Set Up New Clean Energy Fund for Turkey, Western Balkans

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