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

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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