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    Development news roundup: Bev Oda’s future at CIDA, Ivory Coast violence sparks refugee exodus, and more

    By Devex Editor // 11 June 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • Bev Oda, on the way out?

    • Ivory Coast violence sparks refugee exodus

    • Frontiers in Development kicks off today

    • Fresh funding pledges for Sahel crisis response

    • Survey says: Europeans show rousing support for EU humanitarian funding

    • A new age of transparency dawns at UNICEF

    • 4 measures toward an intensified HIV response

    • Conversations that matter: Desmond Tutu pins hopes on youth

    Other must reads:

    • Beating pneumonia and diarrhea key to saving lives of more than 2M children – UNICEF report

    • Francois Hollande on Rio+20 negotiations: Act today, not tomorrow

    • Serbian foreign minister, Vuk Jeremix, is UN Assembly’s 67th session president

    • WFP appeals for more funding to meet growing needs in Congo

    • ‘Obstacles’ remain in growth of Cuban civil society

    • Australian aid for education in Myanmar to reach more than $80M in next 4 years

    • European Commission will provide additional $16M in humanitarian aid for Syrians

    • DfiD, Gates Foundation organize family planning summit July 11

    • Haitians not ‘buying the idea’ of mobile banking

    • ADB plans spending $2B for waste management in India

    • Vaccines could end preventable child deaths – Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian parliament vice president

    • Lessons to get things ‘right’ in Myanmar

    • Josh Rogin: Is the end of Sesame Street in Pakistan a ‘success story in foreign aid transparency?’

    • Let’s stop bickering over HIV, AIDS programs in Uganda – William Salmond

    • The 3 kinds of development work

    • State Department program for young African leaders starts June 13

    • 2012 African Growth and Opportunity Act forum June 12-14

    • Announcement: Funding opportunity for NGOs with programs for Myanmar refugees

    • Swiss President Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf to attend Rio+20

    • Donors to set up technology finance center in the Philippines

    • Yemen transition process may ‘fall apart’ due to bankruptcy

    • Australia wins hearts in Indonesia for education program

    • Abandoned babies in Europe stirs debate on children’s rights

    • Malawi not hosting African Union summit

    • UNDP supports two youth-focused projects in Yemen

    • French development agency agrees to provide $67M for infrastructure, livelihood support in India’s Assam state

    • Paper recommends audit of Australian ‘green NGOs’

    • 28M children in 35 conflict-affected countries ‘out of school’ — UNESCO report

    • Oxfam Australia calls for more investments in small-scale women farmers

    • Chinese company interested in Philippine train project

    • 5th Singapore International Water Week opens July 1

    • 3M partnership to promote peace, development in Mindanao

    • Saudi prince ‘nods’ to investments in tourism, infrastructure in Bangladesh

    • World Bank agrees ‘in principle’ to fund Diamer-Bhasha Dam in Pakistan

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