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    Development news round-up: World Bank lifts suspensions in Yemen, aid worker security report released, and more

    By Devex Editor // 24 January 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • Trending: Aid worker insecurity

    • World Bank back in action in Yemen

    • Sudan resists international pressure for full access to 2 states

    • Concerns continue to mount in drought-stricken Sahel

    • US aid to Pakistan continues – State Department

    • Project delays could cost Pakistan $2.3B in ADB funds

    • Oxfam GB explores new turf

    • A case for improving developing countries’ tax systems

    • Report calls on DfID to boost cooperation between private, public sectors

    Other must-reads:

    • EU to increase poverty-reduction, capacity-building assistance to Myanmar

    • AfDB, partners release trilingual version of the Quality Standards for Development Evaluation

    • Despite rising prices, commodity-dependent developing countries remain poor

    • Valerie Amos: ‘Oman has a wealth of experience to share with the entire international community’

    • Red Cross willing to boost aid activities in Sudan

    • IsDB to provide $3B for Pakistan’s socio-economic development

    • USAID experts in Fiji to discuss climate change adaptation assistance to Pacific nations

    • Incofin’s microfinance fund gets a $2.3M boost from AFD

    • Jose Graziano da Silva: 1.3B metric tons of food go to waste while nearly 1B people go hungry

    • Warner Bros. teams up with Justice League to fight hunger in Horn of Africa

    • DfID funds 4-year Malawi project to train communities give feedback on service delivery

    • Oxfam lauds independent investigation to address concerns of displaced Ugandans

    • WFP: Huge potential for private sector to get involved in global development

    • Plan International to ramp up food distribution in South Sudan, appeals for $3M

    • WFP partners with logistics companies to help countries strengthen disaster response

    • $23.8M project from Nonprofit Heifer International will help 138,000 small farmers in Nepal

    • Red Cross says Somalia’s food crisis ‘no longer at emergency levels’ but recovery could take 2 years

    • Smart agricultural practices may be best defense against hunger in Horn of Africa

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