Development news roundup: Aid convoy hit in Syria blast, $162M to crush measles outbreaks, and more

Today, we reported:

• Aid convoy hit in Syria blast

• $162M to crush measles outbreaks

• UNDP launches East Africa agribusiness platform

• Call for action: Curb child deaths now

• Aid groups take aim at global arms treaty

• Catherine Ashton previews EU plan for Afghanistan

• Sudanese suffer from aid groups’ suspensions

• Déjà vu: Advocacy group’s new head says US moving ‘in the right direction’

Other must reads:

• Want to know more about CIDA’s work? New report tells ‘story of development’

• Ertharin Cousin confirms WFP’s commitment to Haiti

• US-Philippine partnership to boost financial inclusion among Filipinos

• FAO to companies, organizations: Help us reduce food waste

• Global cereal production projected to rise, but won’t alleviate food insecurity in Sahel

• Countdown to 2015: Maternal and child deaths down, but malnutrition still a problem

• Filipino farmers can now access agricultural information via new call center

• Oxfam GB ‘disappointed’ at UK’s decision to delay aid bill

• UNHCR’s emergency reserves for South Sudan depleted, calls on donors to fund $111M appeal

• Andrew Mitchell praised Joyce Banda’s ‘brave reforms’ but did not announce resumption of budget support

• Aid groups, UN agencies call on Israel to lift Gaza border blockade

• Ban Ki-moon: Energy, the ‘golden thread’ to a sustainable future

• Oxfam’s Duncan Green: Latest European Report on Development, a ‘good curtain raiser’

• Mobile money can change Afghans’ lives — USAID’s Gregory Howell

• Remittances, a ‘significant force’ in a country’s economy?

• Energy has been a ‘silent partner’ to MDGs, says UN Foundation President Timothy Wirth

• WHO’s Flavia Bustreo: ‘Continuum of care’ needed to reduce maternal, newborn deaths

• Does IATI ‘make sense’ to aid groups?

• New Fera lab-based training facility aims to tackle food safety

• Poll shows state of women in G20 countries

• North Korea waiting for requested children’s vaccines

• Violence in Arakan state threatens reforms in Myanmar

• Supplies ‘completely insufficient’ in South Sudanese refugee camps

• Roger Thurow talks about his ‘last hunger season’

• IFC announces $35M investment for Africa’s ICT infrastructure

• Akihiko Tanaka, JICA chief, signs loan agreement for Kenyan road project

• ING Group to pay US $619M fine for doing business with ‘dictatorial regimes’

• General Assembly budget committee recommends $7B for 14 UN peackeeping missions

• Panel says new sources needed to close AIDS financing gap

• Germany links new anti-corruption strategy to development cooperation

• Study reveals huge demand for affordable housing finance in Bangladesh

• $1.3B World Bank loan to support Romania’s reform programs

• Roundtable event highlights China’s participation in cookstove alliance

• Swiss departments allocate $2M for renewable energy platform

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