Development news roundup: Concerns about the post-2015 process, Mark Dybul's first day at the Global Fund and more

Today, we reported:

• UK International Development Committee concerned about post-2015 process

• Chief strategist tapped: Mark Dybul’s first say at the Global Fund

• World Bank, AfDB seek stronger partnership for Africa 

• UN fund bolsters 12 ‘forgotten’ emergencies

• A global call to action on joblessness

• Jim Kim visits Arab Spring’s birthplace

Other must-reads:

• UNDP ‘Speakers Corner’ features 75 experts in 26 countries 

• UN Security Council eyes expanded role for peacekeepers 

• UNDP head vows to support innovation in Croatia 

• UNAMA-funded television series tackles ‘serious’ problems in Afghanistan  

• Arab nations must broaden reforms to improve lives and advance equality, says Ban 

• Helen Clark: UNDP ‘undergoing change’ 

• UNMISS chief visits Yambio in South Sudan

• UNCTAD must be led by a charismatic innovator, supporters tell Ban Ki-moon 

• Catherine Ashton heads to Latin America for EU-CELAC Summit

• Polish foreign affairs official: East Africa remains aid priority 

• BMZ’s Gudrun Kopp meets with Germany’s IFI liaisons  

• Ireland approves $1.3M for Red Cross operation in Japan 

• A look at EU’s efforts to boost literacy in developing countries 

• EU proposes Mali meeting Feb. 5 in Brussels

• HRW calls on EU to press India on human rights reforms  

• UK pledges winter aid for Syrians 

• In Syria, UN delegation assesses humanitarian needs, ways to increase aid access 

• UN draws criticism for humanitarian aid to Syria 

• 4M in need of assistance in Syria: UNOCHA 

• Syria humanitarian needs ‘enormous’: UN

• South Africa ‘more unequal’ than 20 years ago, says Oxfam

• Summit underscores Africa’s key role in improving global food security  

• Director of the Michael S. Ansari Africa Center: US Africa policy - a 2nd term pivot? 

• World Bank’s 2013 economic forecast for sub-Saharan Africa 

• Kenya: Government receives $6.9M from Japan 

• Rwanda: Paul Kagame calls on nation to be unfazed by aid cuts 

• Uganda: Donor funds have been accounted for - permanent secretary in the Prime Minister’s office

• Nigeria: UNICEF launches Child Justice Clinic in Abuja 

• World Bank paper: Evaluation of high-speed rail program should consider wider economic benefits 

• World Bank report: What city leaders need to know as countries rapidly urbanize 

• Infrastructure remains central to AfDB’s operations 

• WHO chief: International health cooperation delivering positive results 

• 17 ‘ambitious but measurable goals’: International HIV/AIDS Alliance launches new strategy 

• UN-AU mission in Darfur reaffirms support for resumed peace talks 

• Sudan proposes food security initiative at 3rd Arab Economic and Social Development Summit 

• JICA funds water station construction in Sudan’s Kassala state 

• Sudanese government and rebels resume peace talks 

• In North Darfur, UNAMID delivers humanitarian aid to displaced people  

• What World Vision is doing to aid flood-hit people in Jakarta 

• Bangladesh: The coldest winter in 45 years

• More funds urgently needed for Myanmar earthquake response 

• Challenges abound as aid reaches Yemen’s south 

• Save the Children launches Digital Nutrition Rehabilitation Center in India

• Preventing climate change requires $700B annually — report 

• Climate change matters at World Future Energy Summit

• Economies rebound faster from crisis when responses focus on women’s needs 

• In Bangladesh, women need more adaptation funding 

• 14 DfID-funded programs for girl’s education get under way  

• Book review for ‘The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster’

• Photo blog: How cultivating urban gardens can promote food security in Gaza 

• Chris Blattman: Does foreign aid improve or reduce human rights and governance? 

• Marie Lall: Room for both Japan and China to do business in Myanmar 

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