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    Development News Round-up: US Debt Supercommittee Folds, UN Report on HIV, UK Funding Cuts, and More

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 22 November 2011

    Today, we reported:

    • UN Report on HIV, AIDS Shows ‘Optimistic Results’

    • EU Pledges $2M to Drought-hit Afghanistan

    • The US Debt Panel’s Failure and Its Impact on the Foreign Aid Budget

    • UN Bodies Under Threat of UK Funding Cut

    • MSF Suspends Some Work in DRC Town

    • Clear Commitments to $100B Green Fund Key to Durban’s Success, Climate Negotiator Says

    • In Aid Watchdog’s First Report, Another Call for Better UK Anti-Corruption Strategy

    • Poor Harvest, Economic Downturn Threaten Food Security in Zimbabwe

    • WTO Director General: Two Best Hopes to Address Food Crisis

    Other must-reads:

    • UNICEF Strengthens Cooperation With Governments, International Organizations on Humanitarian Crisis Response

    • WFP Details Projects to Fight Malnutrition in Laos

    • US Trade Policies May Curtail Access to HIV, AIDS Drugs

    • South Korea Pledges $500M Development Loan to Philippines

    • USAID Launches New Education Strategy on Aid Effectiveness

    • IFC Continues to Promote Private Sector in Water Projects Amidst Cost Concerns

    • UN Honors Staff Who Died in the Line of Duty

    • Migiro Stresses Importance of Sustainable Development in Africa

    • UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Increased Spending on Sanitation and Clean Water in Senegal

    • ADB Launches ‘My View’ Video Contest

    • ADB, EBRD to Deepen Cooperation in Projects Across Caucasus and Central Asia

    • Canada Supports Phase Two of Johns Hopkins’ Real-time Results Tracking Project

    • ADB Provides $3M Emergency Assistance to Flood-hit Thailand

    • Two UK Newspapers Launch Christmas Charity Appeals

    • Piebalgs to Announce Financial Support to Local Governments, SMEs in Benin

    • JICA Sends Drain Pump Vehicles, Experts to Flood-hit Thailand

    • IDB Approves 2011-2015 Country Strategy With Suriname

    • IDB Approves $50M Loan to El Salvador

    • China to Launch Climate Change Think Tank Before UN Durban Conference

    • Kazakhstan to Seek OECD Membership

    • Three Diseases Fund Launch Anti-Malaria Program in Myanmar

    • Ford Foundation Announce Winners of Transparency Award in West Africa

    • Islamic Relief USA CEO Joins US State Department Region, Foreign Policy Working Group

    • Nigeria’s Regulatory Framework Could Undermine PPP Projects’ Success, Think Tank says

    • Jordan Wins $10.7M in Financial, Technical Aid from China

    • In Pakistan, USAID Helps Encourage Citizen’s Participation in Policy Advocacy

    • Japan to Review 15 JICA-backed Projects in Bangladesh

    • Ethiopian Farmers Secures First ‘Drought Insurance’ Payout

    • Hong Kong Sends Flood Relief Aid to Thailand

    • UNDP Delays Release of Global Fund Grant for Zimbabwe

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    • Jenny Lei Ravelo

      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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