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    Development news roundup: Austrian aid budget, humanitarian workplan for Sudan, and more

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 11 March 2013

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    Today, we reported:

    • A bigger budget for Austrian development agency

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    • In Sudan: ‘No progress in sight’ on humanitarian access to conflict-torn states

    • In Myanmar, US seeks credible 2015 elections

    Other must-reads:

    • UN urges ‘Friends of Yemen’ to continue support for transition and humanitarian crisis

    • Ban welcomes safe release of UN peacekeepers detained in Golan

    • New framework to ensure women involved in disaster risk management - UNISDR

    • Japan’s $140.7M contribution to help WFP meet hunger needs in 16 countries

    • World Bank’s Rachel Kyte underlines importance of investing in resilience on 2-year anniversary of Japan tsunami

    • Japan contributes $53.3M to support consolidation of peace in South Sudan

    • JICA provides $10.5M for Philippine quake monitoring

    • Bangladesh signs $1.04B loan deal with JICA

    • Ban welcomes new border agreements between Sudan and South Sudan

    • Irish aid minister Joe Costello on a 2-week tour across Africa

    • Canada supports employment and skills training for students in Ukraine

    • EU eyes WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement 

    • Innovation improves gender programs, spurs economic development in Africa, World Bank

    • Middle East food security tracking tool launched

    • On visit to India, special envoy to President Assad criticizes British aid to Syrian rebels

    • Deepening Syrian crisis forces refugees from remote locations into Jordan

    • Egypt’s embassy in Beirut participates in delivering humanitarian aid to displaced Syrians

    • IDB approves largest financial operation for Uruguay: $550M

    • $12.5M ADB grants to create jobs, improve tourism in the Philippines

    • IDB to lend Argentina $500M

    • IDB begins rebuilding projects funding in Gaza

    • AfDB chief salutes African women

    • $18M IDB loan to help prevent and combat corruption in Brazil’s public administration

    • Mars, Mondelez, Nestle are leaving women farmers behind - Oxfam

    • ACTED aids Afghan farmers to protect their livestock and their income

    • International Women’s Day: Breaking the silence on gender-based violence

    • Online innovation primes Pacific private sector growth

    • CGD’s Beth Schwanke: Sequester, CRs, and development—oh my!

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      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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