Development news roundup: A wish list for Justine Greening, aid pledges to Yemen, and more

Today, we reported:

• From NGOs to Justine Greening: A wish list

• More aid pledges come Yemen’s way

• Swift action needed to combat rising food prices

• Red Cross gets ‘positive commitment’ from Assad

• Toward a more disaster-resilient society

• Urbanization, climate change connect at World Urban Forum

• UNAMA humanitarian chief to turn spotlight back on Afghanistan

Other must-reads:

• As conflict intensifies, UN chief urges strong support for work of new Syria envoy

• More than 100,000 Syrians sought asylum in August – UN refugee agency

• UN official expresses concern over precarious security situation along Syrian-Lebanon border

• Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warns of ‘staggering’ crisis

• Japan pledges $9M to GAVI

• CIF gifts Niger with $22M

• China pledges $500M in soft loans, grants to Cambodia

• UK partially restores suspended budget support to Rwanda

• Egypt, US near deal on debt relief

• Nepal: Bureaucracy holds up climate adaptation finance

• AfDB eyes stronger cooperation with Mauritius

• A focus of German development cooperation: Designing sustainable cities

• German, Pakistan officials discuss future of development cooperation post-2013 elections

• 14 Finnish heads of mission start work this month

• Switzerland marks 20 years of World Bank-IMF membership

• Hillary Clinton affirms US commitment to help narrow development gap within ASEAN

• US recommits to strong partnership with post-Zenawi Ethiopia

• ‘India needs to articulate its development cooperation agenda’

• IOM study tackles health vulnerabilities of southern Africa migrants

• Modernizing brick production: Improving public health, protecting environment

• Plan International wins $50M USAID grant for health care project in northern Uganda

• Isle of Man aid to help stem cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone

• Ebola outbreak in Congo: ‘I cannot say it is under control’ - MSF medical coordinator

• Indian state’s health sector to get a boost from PPP model

• UN study ranks political leadership as top issue in disaster risk management

• UN names Canberra role model city for disaster management

• Comoros seeks $19.2M for early recovery plan

• Philippine board approves 11 projects under flood management master plan

• ILO predicts worsening youth unemployment amid euro crisis spillover

• What UNICEF is doing to support South Sudanese women’s role in peace building

• UNAMID staff members in Sudan demand salary in US dollar

• In Guyana, Peace Corps volunteers lend a hand to build solar-powered computer lab

• Wetland technology could ease Pakistan’s water woes

• EIB hosts 1st Social Innovation Tournament

• South Africa’s DIRCO plans to use diplomatic clout in humanitarian disasters

• ‘The global philanthropist on a journey to cure the world’s ills and burnish his legacy’

• Just launched: 2-year cervical cancer vaccination program in Uganda

• IDB boosts Uruguay’s drive against violent crime

• Refugees in India’s Assam state too scared to return

• Unemployment, high cost of living turn off Sri Lankan refugees

• Plan International warns of renewed displacement in Mali

• Iraq: Still no clear policy to tackle displacement

• In South Sudan: Not enough schools, not enough teachers

• 2nd mEducation Symposium kicks off Sept. 5

• UN report: In Latin America, millions at risk of not finishing school

• Banque du Caire, WFP continue to support child education in Egyptian city

• Can Plumpy’Nut solve global hunger?

• ‘We say no food for fuel’ - Paul Bulcke, Nestlé chief executive

• Tax bill threatens food security, alarms farmers in Kenya

• Zimbabwe’s man-made food crisis

• North Korea facing another famine?

• NGOs ask Global Fund: Help us make better use of the money

• A new approach to agricultural development - from Cambodia

• The Economist: The geography of poverty

• Social media and humanitarian assistance

• A boon for sanitation in Vietnam, Cambodia

• Condoleezza Rice: US aid ‘has shown the soul of our country’

• In Malawi, ‘information matters for nutrition’

• World Bank’s Harry Patrinos: ‘School vouchers can help improve education systems’

• America’s foreign policy - in the words of Republicans

• US ‘should be a leader in preventing hunger, not be a cause of it’

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