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    Development news round-up: Relief efforts in South Sudan and Philippines, New funding from World Bank, and more

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 21 December 2011

    Today, we reported:

    • Aid agencies boost relief efforts in Mindanao

    • UN airlifts relief supplies to South Sudan

    • Number of cholera cases in Haiti declining steadily – aid groups

    • Aid groups to US: Decide on food aid to North Korea now

    • World Bank names 2012-2016 aid priorities in Vietnam

    • US to focus on promoting innovation in India

    • World Bank approves $56.8 million fund for child and maternal health in Kenya

    • In Tanzania, World Bank helps boost access to health services

    • What’s ‘new’ in new deal for fragile states endorsed in Busan?

    • Human Rights Watch to Myanmar army, KIA: Respect international humanitarian law

    Other must-reads:

    • Poor being ‘left behind’ in MDG goal of improving access to safe drinking water, UN report says

    • Mekong leaders agree on new 10-year plan to boost growth, development

    • World Bank approves $30M for Mali Strengthening Reproductive Health Project

    • Japan welcomes request for Meghna Bridge repair

    • UN looks into social media for poverty alleviation

    • UN releases book on Amazon plants

    • Solidarity key to solutions to global challenges, Ban says

    • $10M IFAD fund to boost Lesotho farmers’ agricultural production

    • UN human rights expert voices concern for Attawapiskat aboriginal community in Canada

    • Canada to continue aid to millions affected by drought in East Africa

    • World Bank approves $16.9M grant to Togo for disaster and land management project

    • Russian donation to WFP Tajikistan amounts to $6M

    • Global Fund to grant Ukraine some $300M in HIV, AIDS fight

    • $1.5M Clinton Bush Haiti Fund to help build hotel, education and technology sectors

    • ECNEC approves nine development projects in Bangladesh

    • IOM calls for more ‘migrant-inclusive health policies’

    • Can lifesaving RTUFs be produced in Africa?

    • A debate over food security at WTO ministerial meeting

    • Report explores how donors can improve aid to fragile states

    • South Sudan seeks $763M in humanitarian aid

    • Kenyan orphanages feel toll of discontinued US funding

    • IOM says funds for Ethiopian migrants in Yemen slowly running out

    • MSF counts down ten most important access to medicine stories in 2011

    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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    About the author

    • 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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