Today, we reported:
Following Compromise, US-funded Aid Groups Resume Operations in Gaza
In Pakistan, Kidnapping of US Aid Worker Underscores Security Risks
US to Egypt: Funding of NGOs Consistent with Billions in Aid for Past 30 Years
UN Communication Budget Cuts to Lead in Staff Layoffs, Less Information
Twin Scandals at Oxfam: Haiti Mission Chief Resigns, Pakistani Flood Aid Embezzled
UK Affirms Maximizing Shareholding to Influence World Bank Practices
Other must-reads:
WFP, AusAid Provide Flood Relief to Chakoria Flood Victims
GAO Recommends Establishing Requirements for Written Acquisition Plans
Ban Ki-moon: Sustainable Development Remains Top Priority
UN Security Council, ECOSOC Heads Discuss Reform, Increased Cooperation
Sara Allan: New Gates Foundation Deputy Director of Strategy and Management
Tonga High-Speed Internet Project Receives ADB, World Bank Support
In Egypt, Germany to Provide €240M in Debt Relief for Development Projects
Egypt Secures $550M AfDB Loan for Natural Gas Power Plant
Ukraine Gets €400M EIB, EBRD Loan for Hydropower
AfDB Pledges Support for Nigeria’s ‘Transformation Agenda’
Owen Barder: ‘Realistic Objectives Will Better Show the Difference Aid Makes’
Gates Foundation Awards $1M Grant to University of New Mexico Team for HIV Research
ICRC Official in Africa Discusses Humanitarian Problems in Libya
Sweden Pledges Support for Multilateral Fund in East Africa
Gates Foundation Commits $160M to Biofortification Programs in Africa
AGRA Launches Food Security Programs in Mozambique
Kartik Chandran Receives $1.5M Grant from Gates Foundation
Clearance of Goods at Malaba Border to Get Better, Faster
Tzu Chi Foundation Held Winter Aid Distribution in Northern Swaziland
Uganda Mudslides in Kaabong, Bududa: Red Cross Sends Team on Ground
Jonathan Glennie: ‘Development Experts Need to Be Bolder About Letting History in’
AfDB Boosts Liberian Support to $205M
US to Philippines: Budget Cuts No Impact on $434M MCC Compact
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