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    Development news roundup: David Cameron to chair post-2015 development goals committee, US to release $58M to Palestine Authority, and more

    By Devex Editor // 12 April 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • Next set of MDGs? Ask David Cameron

    • US ‘moves’ to release no more than $58M aid to Palestinian Authority

    • Couple allegedly used USAID money to fix home, buy cars

    • Bad move: Amnesty vote imperils $26M aid to Suriname

    • Cambodian health program returns value for the buck

    • Africa needs climate change adaptation assistance

    • Does child sponsorship work?

    • Anti-corruption 101: Cross debarment

    Other must reads:

    • WHO: Early diagnosis key to easing the burden of dementia

    • UK announces $95M for deforestation fight

    • UNICEF report: Without sustained assistance, ‘tentative gains’ in Horn of Africa could be reversed

    • Collaboration between business sector, government essential to sustainable development

    • Australia to provide $1M to help Pacific island nations attend Rio+20

    • Ben Knapen: Business sector, consumers and CSOs need to work together for sustainable development

    • AusAid adviser injured in Afghan suicide attack flies home to receive intensive care

    • International community urged to support local cross-line NGOs in Myanmar’s Kachin region

    • Kenya’s Jane Karuku is new AGRA president

    • Massive Indonesia quake kills five people

    • Report: Pension funds could fund ‘urgently needed massive investments in infrastructure’

    • Syria pledges to respect cease-fire

    • What do football, cricket and public-private partnerships have in common?

    • Why did Obama choose Jim Yong Kim for the World Bank? He has a plan

    • European Commission announces $11M for northern Mali

    • European Commission allocates additional $215M for looming food crisis in Sahel

    • New EIB $66M initiative to boost job creation, MSEs across East Africa

    • $92M EIB initiative to benefit SMEs in Kenya

    • Ban to General Assembly: ‘curb food price volatility’

    • Survey says Afghanistan has made ‘significant progress’ on maternal deaths

    • Development part of sixth Summit of the Americas agenda

    • HIV rate at a high in Swaziland

    • Kofi Annan optimistic Syria will uphold peace plan

    • Insecurity threatens aid delivery in DRC

    • Egypt eyes 10-year development strategy

    • Myanmar grants ‘unrestricted’ aid access to North Kachin state

    • Water, electricity, food and medicine ‘running out’ in Mali

    • Two strong earthquakes shake western Mexico

    • NGOs needed in Mali

    • $60M USAID project aims to build 65 health centers in Ethiopia

    • Philippines, Australia mark 66th anniversary of diplomatic ties

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