Development News Round-up: Road to Busan Heats Up, Donors Launch Education Grants Competition, and More

Today, we reported:

• USAID, AusAID Seek Innovative Ways to Boost Childhood Literacy in Developing Countries

• International NGO Says Donors Want Paris Declaration Scrapped

• Donors Slow to Comply with Aid Effectiveness Principles, Aid Tool Shows

• International Community Lags Behind MDG Target on Improved Sanitation

• Experts Emphasize Need for ‘New’ Climate Finance

• FAO, World Vision Team Up for Global Food Security

• Displaced Ethnic Kachins in Myanmar Need Aid

• US Funding Cuts to UNESCO Hurt Afghanistan, Iraq Projects

• South Korea Rules Out Rumors of Sending Food Aid to the North

• GAVI to Introduce HPV, Rubella Vaccines in Developing Countries

Other must-reads:

• UN Urges LDCs to Adopt ‘Transformational’ Development Agenda, Highlights Potential of South-South Cooperation

• Senior EEAS Official Fleshes Out EU Foreign Policy in Africa

• FAO Says Innovative Agriculture Crucial to Meet Rising Global Water, Energy Demand

• EU, US Boost Disaster Management Cooperation

• World Bank Helps Boost Accountability in Dominican Republic’s Social Sectors

• Caribbean Countries Urged to Focus on Prevention in Anti-NCD Measures

• Moroccan Solar Power Plant Project Secures World Bank Funds

• MCC Urges Contractors, Suppliers for Philippine Compact to Ink ‘Integrity Pacts’

• UK Pledges Maternal, Child Health Assistance for Bangladesh

• In Somali Capital, Looting Hampers Aid Efforts

• Doctors Without Borders President Make Case for Continued US Aid for Global Health Efforts

• International Alert: How Busan Can Help Boost Development in Conflict-Affected Countries

• TB Alliance Taps Partner to Speed Up New TB Treatment Assessment

• Kathy Calvin: 2 Ways to Prevent Pneumonia

• EBRD to Boost Agribusiness Sector in Turkey With $539.28M

• US Launches Nursing Education Partnership Initiative in Africa

• African Decision Makers Experience Spanish Renewable Energy

• Sony, Global Fund Partner for Behavior Change Projects

• IDB Approves $153M Loan for Water Supply, Energy Efficiency in Jamaica

• Refugees Protest UN’s Missing Presence in South Sudan

• Donors Concerned Over Frequent Chief Transfers in Nepal

• Fritz Institute Wins European Supply Chain Excellence Award for Training and Professional Development

• Red Cross Poll Shows Most Americans Plan to Donate to Charity for the Holidays

• Vietnam Develops Own Version of Climate Finance Options Platform

• Russia Sends Food, Wood-Burning Stoves as Humanitarian Aid to Serbs in Kosovo

• China to Loan $100M, Donate 900 Vehicles to Ethiopia

• US to Allocate $56M for Nigeria’s Family Planning, Health Care Programs

• Excellence Centre Trains Angolans in VSAT Systems, Radioelectric Spectrum Monitoring, Conflict Management

• Sweden Considering Boosting Development Aid to Zambia

• Khemka Foundation Launches Third Social Entrepreneurship Forum

• Fourth Annual International Humanitarian Conference Educates NGOs on Aid

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.