Development news roundup: $8B in new IDB credit lines, UN development strategy in Sri Lanka, and more

Today, we reported:

• An $8B cushion against financial shocks, natural disasters

• A new UN development strategy in Sri Lanka

• Taken Iranian aid workers freed

• EU aid: $52.1M for Jordan’s political reform

• 2012 African Development Forum focuses on natural resources governance

• New fund gives Africans leverage over extractive industries

• ‘UNHCR is presently overstretched’

Other must reads:

• 2012 International Day for Disaster Reduction highlights role of women, girls

• Bob Carr initiates external review of Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research

• Takeaways from OECD-hosted 12th International Economic Forum on Africa

• AfDB signs 1st private sector loan for Namibia 

• Canadian foreign minister to head to Nigeria, Australia, France

• UNICEF secures $12.9M EU donation for Syrian refugee programs 

• UNHCR: Number of IDPs in Myanmar’s Rakhine state continues to rise 

• Inclusive growth on the spotlight at 7th African Economic Conference 

• UN agencies mark 2012 World Teachers’ Day 

• UNRWA receives European Commission aid for Palestine refugees  

• German development official heads to Cambodia, Vietnam

• EBRD officials visit Mongolia for country strategy talks

• FAO fears effects of economic downturn on future donor funding

• Switzerland backs IOM’s humanitarian evacuation of migrant workers in Syria 

• IOM set to launch community building project in South African province 

• High-level IMF, GCC officials conclude meeting in Saudi Arabia  

• Dutch development minister to visit Vietnam 

• IPCC enters new stage of Fifth Assessment Report review

• USAID announces winners of business plan tilt in Haiti 

• Out on Oct. 10: OECD review of Indonesia’s agriculture policies 

• The Philippines, JICA sign $99 million loan agreement 

• In Yemen, violence forces closure of hospital

• The corporate ethos driving charities

• 2 KOICA volunteers killed by lightning in Sri Lanka

• Sudan accused of dragging feet over humanitarian aid access

• Britain told to stop aid to Rwanda

• Irish envoy calls for food aid in North Korea / Irish envoy calls for N.K. food aid

• Poor European states face clash over future aid funds

• Aid that works:  A farmer co-op revitalizes rural El Salvador

• Kazakhstan expands cooperation with the Islamic Development Bank

• With USAID ousted, Russians fear for funding

• NHRC, Oxfam seal deal on food right

• Assistance to Pakistan: US waives aid certification requirements

• In the Philippines, ADB wants tax-free ‘e-trike’ loan

• Rajiv Shah discusses aid plans for Syria, Yemen 

• Melinda Gates, Kofi Annan assesses agriculture development progress in northern Tanzania

• Aid groups struggle to cope with rising number of Syrian refugees

• JICA announces investment for 2 development projects in Tunisia 

• A look at use of fortified food to solve Afghanistan’s nutrition problem 

• In Darfur, IDP camp residents complain of poor health, humanitarian conditions

• International Crisis Group suggests withholding aid to Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo 

• Effects of urbanization on health care: The case in Dhaka

• MSF combats unwarranted drug patent requests 

• Friends of Yemen to meet for project implementation plans

• The biggest health threat in developing countries: NCDs Toward Health for All

• Ex-USAID director pleads guilty to embezzling $1M from USAID health program 

• South Sudan refugee camp braces for new arrivals

• Barbara Stocking: ‘70 years of Oxfam is not really a cause for celebration’

• Beyond Good Intentions’: A critical look at the international aid industry 

• In Bangladesh, JICA unhappy with delay in disbursement of loans to SME 

• A challenge for the development community: Urban poverty

• Kevin Myers: Why do we send money to nations that can spend millions on arms?

• Impact sourcing, the ‘next big thing’ in development?

• Saving labor is saving time: The grand challenge of accessible, appropriate farming technology

• Communities key in building resilience 

• Transparency is key in development effectiveness

• Watching the charity watchdogs: Vignettes from the NASCO annual meeting

• Iran sanctions now causing food insecurity, mass suffering

• The next US presidential debate will be on foreign policy: Will Mitt Romney, Barack Obama’s rhetoric match reality?

• The word on women: Cultural barriers to women as peace builders

• Thinking strategically about partnerships and social impact metrics: 3 things to consider

• Linking smallholder farmers to markets: The power of farmer-based organizations

• Innovative funding model allows urban poor to determine their own future

• Coca-Cola helps the Global Fund deliver medicines: A look at the ethics of public-private partnerships

• ‘We can’t rest while 1.7 million children are still dying every year from diseases we can already prevent’

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