Today, we reported:
In central Mali, MSF staff bunkers down, clamoring for access
Jakarta floods: Two aid groups, different emergency response
Four more years: What the aid community expects from Obama now
Other must-reads:
AfDB calls for green growth concept to boost development in Africa
Ex-Ugandan junior health minister gets jail time over GAVI funds misuse
UAE medical aid group dispatches humanitarian missions to Sudan, Egypt, Bosnia
Swiss aid agency funds construction of maternity and newborn hospital in Tanzania
German aid ministry dismisses concerns over partnership with Stiftung Partnerschaft mit Afrika
2 JICA-funded climate change projects in Thailand to begin in March
World Bank official discusses aid plans for Pacific countries
What happened at the First Myanmar Development Cooperation Forum?
Oxfam clarifies issues about joint hunger initiative with Board of Deputies of British Jews
Germany, FAO want creation of principles for responsible investments in global agriculture
In Nicaragua visit, WFP official discusses new country program
IDB, Jamaica discuss how to accelerate country’s socio-economic agenda
EIB, IRENA launch joint study to promote renewable energy in Mediterranean
GEF gets new role: Raising and disbursing grants for Mercury Convention projects
World Bank official: Congo needs to diversify economy to combat poverty
WTO chief notes significant progress in mobilizing aid-for-trade funds
World Bank: Sustainable transportation to become major focus of lending in coming years
Joel Brinkley: Food security still a major issue in Southeast Asia
Leslie Mancuso: Promoting public-private partnerships to improve women’s health
Kate Campbell: Why foreign aid should not end up a casualty of US congressional budget battles
Stephen Howes and Jonathan Pryke on Australian Senate evaluation of country’s aid to Afghanistan
UN Haiti mission chief reaffirms international community’s support to inclusive elections
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