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    Development news roundup: Aid worker beheaded in Pakistan, EU aid review, and more

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 30 April 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • Kidnapped aid worker found dead in Pakistan

    • ADB eyes increase in concessional loan resources

    • South Sudan wins $8B Chinese loan offer

    • UK Parliament committee reviews EU aid

    • FAO reports huge funding gap for Sahel, Horn of Africa

    • More groups urge for caution in lifting Myanmar sanctions

    • Philippine PPP initiative gets funding boost from Australia

    • Sudan accuses aid workers of spying

    Other must-reads:

    • Is global humanitarian space really shrinking?

    • Zimbabwe secures $236M Global Fund grant

    • Analyzing EU-backed Civil Society Fund in Ethiopia

    • Despite tensions, Egypt confident to receive Saudi Arabia aid

    • NGO suspected of corruption in Bangladesh gets recommendation for HIV, AIDS project

    • Luis Guardia is ONE’s new chief operating officer

    • $18M EU grant to benefit 500,000 people in Horn of Africa

    • Japan pledges $7M for disaster recovery and prevention in the Philippines

    • Rio+20 debate ‘too narrowly focused’ on technology

    • USAID, Skoll Foundation team up to support high-impact social entrepreneurs

    • Ban Ki-moon names Prasada Rao as new UN special envoy for HIV,AIDS in Asia Pacific

    • ILO director-general: ‘Decent work for all is central to the social pillar of sustainable development’

    • BMZ state secretary calls for efficient use of available resources

    • Donors, recipients reaffirm commitment to highlight disaster resilience in development projects

    • Australia, Solomon Islands to join UN Women executive board Jan. 1

    • Cambodia’s donor-backed feeding program targets malnourished children under 1

    • USAID returns to Cameroon after 18 years

    • IOM distributes aid to IDPs in disputed Sudanese region

    • EU aid commissioner seeks greater aid worker security in wake of first-aid volunteers’ death in Syria

    Read more development aid news online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.

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    • Jenny Lei Ravelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

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