Development News Round-up: UN Summit, US Aid Cuts, Aid Transparency and More

Today, we reported:

• 3 Private Firms Announce Commitments to UN-Backed Initiative

• Ban Ki-moon Presses Countries on Sustainable Development, 4 Other ‘Imperatives’

• Developing Countries’ Leaders Make Their Voices Heard at UN

• Commitments on Health Care, Water Access Unveiled at CGI Meeting

• At UN Summit, World Leaders Say UN ‘Indispensable,’ SKorea Pledges to Double ODA

• Engage Beneficiaries Too, Gates Foundation Official Tells Aid Groups on Social Media

• New Initiative Brings Respiratory Disease Vaccine to Burundi Immunization Campaign

• Where Does US Foreign Aid Budget Stand in Debt Panel Plans?

• IFRC Report: Western Aid Agencies Intrusive, Likely to be Unwelcome in Disasters

• Lack of Manpower, Coordination Hamper Relief Efforts in Pakistan as Diseases Spread in Sindh

• Commonwealth Ministers Urge for Greater Aid Transparency

• US Pledges Additional $55M for Clean Cookstoves Initiative

• IFC Report Discloses Revenue-Generating Business Models for Development Community

• UNDP, South Africa Sign Knowledge-Exchange Agreement

Other must-reads

• In NKorea, WFP Starts Distributing $11.6M Worth of Food From EU

• In Aid Delivery to Pacific, China Refuses to be Bound by Rules

• Modern Land Rush Drives Poor into Greater Poverty - Oxfam Report

• PSC: In Wartime Contracting, Problem is Government Oversight, Not Contractors

• Anti-Corruption Efforts Key in Huge Climate Change Funds

• Ross Mountain: Aid for Palestine Not Needed if Israel Lifts Blockade

• Burkina Faso, Mozambique, Niger to Get $257.6M AfDB Loans and Grants

• EBRD to Loan $8M to Develop Tajikistan’s Market Economy

• ACTED to Deliver Water to 1,000 Families in Northern Kenya

• Sarah Mendelson: ‘Would the OGP Really Have an Effect on People’s Lives?’

• Benin Wins $34M Aid Package from China to Fight Piracy

• IFRC Report: 178 Million Children Stunted Due to Lack of Food

• Transparency Key in Aid Effectiveness, Busan Document’s 2nd Draft Says

• Nicholas Eberstadt: Only ‘Intrusive Aid’ Will Work for NKorea

• In Yemen, Humanitarian Crisis Feared to Worsen

• Malaria Vaccine Trial Expanded After Promising Results

• Only 4 African Countries Likely to Achieve MDGs, Says World Bank Report

• US Gives $19M Worth of Wheat to Jordan

• Noncommunicable Diseases on the Rise in Developing Countries

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