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    Development news round-up: Security in Dadaab, Sheeran's plans, South Sudan situation and more

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 04 January 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • Security concerns remain in Kenyan refugee complex

    • UN personnel death toll at 35

    • Josette Sheeran reveals plans post WFP

    • Humanitarian situation in South Sudan ‘grim’

    • World Bank has new vice president for East Asia, Pacific

    • Shelter needed in India

    • $90M USAID agribusiness project in Pakistan under way

    • Activists, NGOs want innovation on the table in Rio+20

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    • Ban Ki-moon officialy starts 2nd term as UN secretary-general

    • US pledges initial $55M to UNRWA

    • UNHCR to get initial $125M from United States

    • IDB’s search for young professionals is on

    • Egypt provides food, logistic aid to Djibouti

    • Egyptian medical convoy on its way to Ethiopia

    • Italy funds maternal, neonatal health project in Mozambique

    • Risks of waterborne diseases rising in Zimbabwe rural areas

    • WFP launches new food subsidy initiative in Afghanistan

    • World Bank proposes new results-based program

    • GHA updates data in 43 country profiles

    • Budget support warrants political commitment, experts say

    • Increase in donor assistance for Guinea will reduce non-payment risks

    • UN sees decline in world food prices in 2012

    • Remittances and development in Africa

    • 10 facts about hunger

    • Lack of spare parts for boreholes in Lakes State may lead to water crisis

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      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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