Development news roundup: Egypt's IMF loan, powerful women in development, and more

Today, we reported:

• A step closer toward a $4.8B loan

• The most powerful women in development

• What is the Agaciro Development Fund?

• Some aid workers freed in Myanmar

• On the agenda: Africa’s pastoralist communities

• A new poverty alleviation measure: Taxes

Other must-reads:

• Heidi Hautala: Understand ‘connections between foreign, security, development, trade and economic policies’

• Valerie Amos to donors: Boost humanitarian funding for Syria

• Australia contributes $6.7M to help the plight of abused women in developing countries

• EU welcomes Russia’s WTO accession after 18 years of negotiations

• The Global Fund and AusAID: Saving lives by fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

• IFC helps India’s small businesses gain access to credit

• World Bank, Tonga sign $2.9M grant agreement to improve access to electricity and lower costs

• Ebola kills 10 in Congo

• Brazil’s rice donation to WFP for Bangladesh marks start of ‘very strong South-South partnership’

• UN human rights expert calls on US to consult with indigenous people over land sale

• Despite progress, Chile still faces challenges with enforced disappearances – UN experts

• Programs in Bhutan, Colombia, Indonesia and Rwanda win 2012 UNESCO literacy prize

• Two blue helmets ‘gone missing’ in North Darfur, UNAMID says

• Peace Corps volunteer helps build classroom for students with disabilities in Peru

• WHO: Cholera outbreak spreading in Sierra Leone

• Brazil, IDB and FIA promote road safety initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Germany offers ‘comprehensive support package’ to Malawi

• IFC invests $10M in Mexico’s 1st green hospital

• Through knowledge sharing, Kenyan officials learn how to deal with SME promotion challenges

• Under Global Fund’s transitional mechanism, tuberculosis grants will receive 25 percent of approved funding

• Human Rights Watch to Bangladesh: Assist, protect Rohingya refugees

• Meeting health MDGs ‘a mirage’ until health bill is signed – Nigerian foundation

• World Vision Australia reiterates commitment in eradicating tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea

• MCC supplies more than 2,000 solar panels to Tanzanian region

• Rockefeller Foundation supports center for excellence in health in Rwanda

• Italian embassy to continue funding immunization programs in Zimbabwe

• ‘Humanitarian Reporting’ workshop highlighted role of media, humanitarian organizations in emergencies

• Australia will provide skills training to boost income, employment opportunities in Rwanda

• ‘Mysterious’ but noncontagious AIDS-like disease spreading in Asia

• Save the Children launches new campaign to address hunger in the Sahel

• In rare public rebuke, UN chief tells Iranian leaders to tone down rhetoric

• Pop stars join growing effort to aid the poor

• ECOWAS, partners evaluate refugee integration and resettlement projects in Guinea

• AfDB sets up $11M IT research centers for students in Nigeria

• UN: 31 killed since July in Niger floods

• Soaring number of West Nile Virus cases set to increase with climate change

• With Australia’s help, teaching children with disabilities will soon be part of Fiji’s education system

• African Green Revolution Forum to be held Sept. 26-28

• Infographic: Aid workers in harm’s way

• How has armed conflict affected meeting the Millennium Development Goals?

• Dirty work: The environmental impact of DAC and non-DAC donor projects

• Is reduced fertility increasing inequity?

• Chris Sheach: More to do, but ‘the dream of safe housing is much closer for most Haitians’

• NYT: An attack on Grameen Bank, and the cause of women

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