Development news roundup: A new brand of humanitarian volunteers, SFRC clears foreign aid transparency bill, and more

Today, we reported:

• Coming soon: A new brand of humanitarian volunteers

• SFRC clears foreign aid transparency bill

• The future of ADB spending in Kazakhstan

• A proposal for the next set of development goals

Other must reads:

• Navi Pillay urges Algeria to review restrictions on civil society organizations

• ADB funds sustainable urban transport program in Mongolia

• Now open: Competition on visualizing Finnish aid statistics

• A summary of US assistance to Haiti

• US helps developing countries participate in WTO negotiations

• FAO director-general supports convening G20 agricultural ministers to review progress on governing food markets

• U.S. Department of State to Host Global Infrastructure Conference

• Chris Locke: ‘Business sustainability’ needed to scale up mobile for development

• Hangout with WFP to find out how food assistance is helping Syrian families survive violence

• WFP starts distributing government-contributed wheat to displaced Pakistanis

• From Gaza to West Bank: School meals

• Amid turbulent times, upcoming debate will be among busiest ever – Ban Ki-moon

• EU commits $4M to IMF trust fund for South Sudan

• ADB extends additional financing to upgrade highway in Indian state

• UN agency advances women’s rights at General Assembly

• Another review for DfID

• AMISOM deputy commander urges humanitarian groups to help Somalis fleeing al-Shabab-controlled areas

• Hopes of lower-cost vaccines with China’s rise as ‘major new player’ in global vaccine production

• Are changing mosquito patterns to blame for rising malaria cases?

• Mass slaughter of farm animals set to push food prices up 14 percent

• Ghana making impressive progress toward achieving MDGs

• Burkina Faso: Low-cost steps for long-term food security

• Ebola’s other victims: Health care workers

• Save the Children wins 2 USAID ‘All Children Reading’ awards

• UK and Australia contribute $11.5M to help Zimbabwe’s small-holder farmers

• IMF reports on status of Saudi aid pledge to Arab countries

• 50 Malaysian volunteers on a humanitarian mission to Myanmar’s Rakhine state

• IMF warns of ‘deepening’ Palestinian fiscal crisis

• Isolated South Sudan camps crowded with refugees

• In Lebanon, awareness campaign aims to prevent child abuse

• US to use aid to Iraq against Syria?

• USAID activities raise ‘serious question’ in Russia

• Somali health officials to undergo health care training in Kenya

• JICA loan to Padma Bridge expires Sept. 21

• KOICA to invest $15M in Mozambique to boost basic education

• Nigeria still lags in improving maternal, newborn health

• Making growth more inclusive in Asia

• Who is leading Russia’s overseas aid program?

• How will climate change affect food production?

• ‘Every baby’s death is a tragedy’

• Development’s fat cats have been gorging on private sector values

• Americans need farm aid – not a Band-Aid

• Closing the NCD divide: A matter of equity and social justice

• Connecting the dots: Food security and the NCDs

• The political economy of African agricultural policy

• New alliance advances use of electronic payments for poverty reduction programs

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