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    Development News Round-up: UNESCO’s Funding Shortfall, New Earthquake in Turkey, Floods in Southeast Asia

    By Ivy Mungcal // 11 November 2011

    Today, we reported:

    • UNESCO Struggles to Address Major Funding Shortfall

    • 5.7 Quake in Turkey Leaves Japanese Aid Worker Dead

    • UK Continues Push to Spur Private Sector Development in Africa, Asia

    • Aid Groups, Experts Find G20 Food Security Plan Lacking

    • UNICEF Steps Up Aid Distribution in Thailand

    • Vulnerable Countries to Seek More Climate Finance, Technology Support

    • OECD Lauds Dutch Aid Program but Highlights Need for Clearer Strategy

    • Jonathan Dowdall: Conflict of Interests in EU’s Humanitarian Aid

    • Experts Urge Thailand to Craft Disaster Prevention, Management Strategy

    • Red Cross Appeals for $1.2M for Vietnam

    • Library Project to Close “Digital Divide” in Vietnam

    Other must-reads:

    • Kuwait Boost UNICEF Resources for Somalia Aid Efforts

    • IMF Oks $134.8M for Angola

    • AIDSRelief Program to Turnover Rwanda Program to Local Health Ministry

    • USAID Has New Geospatial Tools, Analysis Center

    • Ban Ki-moon Travels to 3 Asian Countries to Highlight Women, Children Health Progress

    • World Bank Helps Expand Macedonia Access to Financial Markets

    • Southeastern Europe Weather Risk Insurance Facility Secures Fresh World Bank Funding

    • US, Partners Seek to Engage Diaspora, Host Global Entrepreneurship Week

    • LAUNCH Program to Highlight 10 Innovations for Energy Sector in Developing, Developed Countries

    • Japan Helps Reconstruct 5 Bridges in Eastern Sri Lanka

    • Angola Receives Anti-Malaria Medicines From China

    • Nigerian Minister Urges SMEs to Embrace ICT for Business Development

    • Colombia Secures Disaster Relief Aid from IDB

    • In Piebalgs Visit, EU Seeks to Enhance Development Cooperation  with South Sudan

    • UK Pledges to Up Aid to Zambia

    • Julia Roberts Gives Statement on World Pneumonia Day

    • Taiwan Spent $380M in Foreign Aid in 2010

    • IsDB to Continue Funding Projects in Azerbaijan

    • Abt Wins $22M Project to Improve Health Systems in Senegal

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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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