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    Development News Round-up: UN Budget Proposal, Donor Funding, Somalia Relief Efforts, Aid for Turkey Quake Victims, and More

    By Ivy Mungcal // 28 October 2011

    Today, we reported:

    • UN Budget Proposal: Nearly $5.2B for 2012-2013

    • Ukraine Risks Losing Global Fund Grant Over Unmet Requirements

    • International Community Sends Tents, Other Aid to Quake-hit Turkey

    • Relief Efforts in Somalia Largely Off Target, Draft UN Report says

    • In Somalia, Kidnapped Aid Workers Reportedly Held by Pirates

    • World Bank Offers Philippines Support for Disaster Recovery

    • ADB Plans $4.5B Investment in Bangladesh Through 2015

    • EBRD Funds Sarajevo Roads

    • IDB Loan to Help Address Power Needs in Rural Central America

    • Mozambique Secures IsDB Financing for Livelihood, Infrastructure Development Projects

    • Aid Transparency Under Threat at Busan

    Other must-reads:

    • In US, Is Philanthropy More Effective Than Foreign Aid?

    • Report: Malawi Donors Have No Plans of Resuming Aid Soon

    • Parliament Recommend Resuming UK Bilateral Aid to Burundi

    • IDB Helps Promote Tourism in Uruguay

    • Trinidad and Tobago Moves to Improve Water Quality With IDB Loan

    • IDPs in Azerbaijan to Acquire Better Access to Infrastructure, Housing, Services With World Bank Aid

    • New ADB Country Strategy for Philippines Targets Governance Reforms, Inclusive Growth

    • Switzerland Ups Contributions to Mekong River Commission

    • Foreign Aid Begins Arriving in Flooded Thai Regions

    • UN, NGOs Press Ivory Coast Government Against Shutting Down IDP Camps

    • USAID Pushes Equality Measures for Gay Staff Among Contractors

    • JICA Airlifts Emergency Supplies for Myanmar Flood Victims

    • At REILA Launch, Hautala Expresses Finland’s Firm Commitment to Boost Food Security in Ethiopia

    • Comic Book on MDGs Bags Special Jury Prize at 2011 Peace and Sports Awards

    • UN: Global Food Production Needs to Double by 2050

    • Eskom Renewables Energy Support Project Secures $250M World Bank Funding

    • FAO-Italy Project Offers New Information to Prevent Future Food Insecurity

    • PepsiCo Foundation Grants $8M to Water.org for to Scale ‘WaterCredit’ Across India

    • Smart Renewable Energy Policy Key to Secure Private-Sector Funding for Africa’s Green Projects

    • US-Based Children International is Best Humanitarian Relief Charity in the Philippines

    • ADB Provides $217.8M for Lower Bari Doab Canal Extension, Baloki Barrage Complex Rehabilitation

    • Action Aid Nigeria, Oxfam: Removing Oil Subsidy on Food Would ‘Force More People Into Poverty and Hunger’

    • African Governments Need to Implement Policies to Protect Small Farmers

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    • Ivy Mungcal

      Ivy Mungcal

      As former senior staff writer, Ivy Mungcal contributed to several Devex publications. Her focus is on breaking news, and in particular on global aid reform and trends in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Before joining Devex in 2009, Ivy produced specialized content for U.S. and U.K.-based business websites.

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