Development news roundup: Closed-door meeting on Sudan, changing approach in South Sudan, and more

Today, we reported:

• A closed-door meeting on aid delivery challenges in southern Sudan

• An aid official’s Newyear’s resolution in South Sudan

• Health educators to Obama: Stop coopting aid projects for covert operations

Other must reads:

• North-East Asian youth: The world they want post-2015

• Japan sends emergency aid to typhoon victims in Philippines

• Water supply returns to Samoa after cyclone

• Philippines pumps leftover funds into flood control, irrigation

• Bangladesh missing MDG targets on maternal mortality, malnutrition, jobs

• UAE resident orders humanitarian aid for Kazakhstan

• IMF ups Tanzania’s credit, cites energy needs

• IFC backs Hong Kong-based reinsurer to boost private investment in region

• AfDB recommends roadmap for fiscal convergence in East Africa’s COMESA region

• €225 million debt package for Togo’s Lome Container Terminal announced

• AfDB touts its role as knowledge broker and learning hub

• IMF gathers experts on fiscally sustainable, equitable pension schemes in Asia

• Jonathan Taylor appointed EIB vice-president

• Profile of ADB General Counsel Christopher Stephens

• Swiss 2012 foreign policy report reviews aid focus on green economy, taxation, job creation

• Status of WFP and its staff in Germany upgraded

• UK touts success of SEED program in Somalia

• Germany may boycott tourism convention in Zimbabwe

• Swiss to aid Chadian refugees from Libya

• Gambian president rejects EU pro-democracy demands

• UNAMID acting chief visits Central Darfur to discuss security, development concerns

• Great infographic: US humanitarian partners in Sahel region

• Acted reports on its programs in Sahel region

• Rwanda opposes use of drones by the UN in eastern Congo

• Africa must learn from Ghana’s democracy, says Kofi Annan as president is sworn in

• Troops and Islamists clash in central Mali

• Summary of 2012 IRCS activities in Somalia

• France gives 1M euros for Somalia displaced

• R&D funding hike needed to boost ag innovation in Africa

• ODI examines supply, distribution of meds in Malawi

• USAID’s efforts to develop Haiti beyond Port-au-Prince

• A WFP-sponsored school feeding program in Haiti

• US human rights chief Maria Otero to visit Chile, Peru, Uruguay

• Tara Sonenshine on US cultural diplomacy in today’s information age

• Tearfund’s work on Haiti’s isolated mountain communities

• 52M domestic workers need social protections, first-of-its-kind research by ILO finds

• The challenges of urban refugees

• OCHA update on humanitarian situation in Central African Republic

• UN peace envoy for Syria says Bashar al-Assad can’t be part of democratic transition

• UN mercury treaty: Last chance to address health effects

• UAE dispatches 158 tons of food aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan

• Video: WFP spokeswoman Abeer Etefa on food shortage in Syria

• UNESCO chief condemns latest killing of a Syrian journalist

• Wednesday: Egypt’s president to meet Palestinian rivals on unity

• Summary: US assistance to Syria

• Turkish aid chief helps broker Iran-Syria prisoner exchange

• Deadliest countries for journalists: Syria, Somalia, Pakistan

• Syrian refugees in Lebanon facing bitter winter

• Structural drivers of HIV: An ICRW infographic

• AmeriCares’ fundraising drive touts success on Haiti cholera fight

• A clinic that works: WFP reports on Haiti success story

• MSF: In Mauritania, Malian refugees dying, suffering severe malnutrition

• MSF: Haiti’s health care system ‘still devastated’

• Oxfam launches Get Together for International Women’s Day fundraising campaign

• France awards prize to Malala Yousafzai, young Pakistani campaigning for girls’ education

• UN Women surveys rape survivors in Mali

• The internationalization of women’s issues

• Brian Atwood: Prioritize ‘vertical funds’

• 13 thoughts on how to improve aid in 2013

• World Bank blog: How much are Tanzanians paying for their food?

• Nepal case study: Little coverage of aid transparency

• Sustainable urbanization: A growing humanitarian challenge

• Video: Jan. 9 Brookings panel on African development, leadership

• Landesa Center for Women’s Land Rights fellow responds to CFR article

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