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    Development news roundup: Gaza health woes worsen, World Bank seeks input on safeguard policies, and more

    By Devex Editor // 19 November 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • Gaza health woes worsen as hostilities escalate

    • World Bank seeks public input on safeguard policies

    • A boost to midsize firms eyeing overseas expansion

    • Tunisia to seek $4.4B in foreign aid for 2013

    • Soon: Foreign affairs committee assignments

    • A ‘new goal’ for sanitation

    Other must reads:

    • Kristalina Georgieva: ‘The world needs EU Aid volunteers’

    • WHO conference adopts protocal to curb illicit trade on tobacco

    • UK suspends aid to Uganda with ‘immediate effect’

    • Andris Piebalgs on how EU is ‘energizing’ Africa

    • US, Myanmar pledge cooperation on fight against human trafficking 

    • In Singapore, Hillary Clinton talks US engagement in Asia-Pacific 

    • US Department of State releases fiscal 2012 financial report

    • IFC helps Central Asian microfinance institutions attract savings, expand formal economies

    • IOM calls for increased support as number of cholera cases continue to rise in Haiti

    • EU foreign affairs council meeting to tackle Middle East, Syria, Ukraine, Mali

    • Norway cancels Ivory Coast’s outstanding $32.7M debt

    • ADB helps fund cleanup of one of China’s most polluted lakes

    • Germany lauds Mark Dybul’s appointment, releases $127.6M contribution to Global Fund

    • Jordanian bank joins EBRD’s trade facilitation initiative

    • Brazilian state to receive $600M IDB loan to consolidate fiscal stability

    • Switzerland to host Africa CEO Forum from Nov. 20-21

    • UN highlights low-cost newborn care services on World Prematurity Day

    • UN experts raise concerns over ‘landmark’ Southeast Asian human rights declaration

    • Security Council extends mandate of UN peacekeeping force in Abyei

    • UNHCR reports sharp increase in arrivals at South Sudan refugee camp

    • More internally displaced Yemenis returning to their homes – UNHCR

    • EU allocates $1.27M more humanitarian aid for Rakhine violence victims

    • UKCDS to hold town hall meetings on health research for development

    • IMF concludes latest review of Dominican Republic’s economic policies 

    • Germany sends humanitarian aid to flood-affected

    • International partners pledge continuing support for Burundi

    • Germany’s Gudrun Kopp stresses need for coherent policy approach to engagement in fragile states

    • Canada and the Canadian Foodgrains Bank: Partners in providing food assistance

    • Swiss cooperation with Eastern Europe helps fledgling market economies with reforms

    • Just launched: Child Protection Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Action

    • New UNDP project zeroes in on gender inequality in Afghanistan

    • Netherlands donates $21M to WFP-led road rehabilitation activities in South Sudan

    • Jim Yong Kim on neglected diseases

    • JICA keen to invest in transport, infrastructure projects in Karachi, Pakistan

    • To achieve middle-income status, World Bank advises Bangladesh to invest in infrastructure, human development

    • Nigeria eyes partnership with research institutions to address food security

    • Rounding up disaster volunteers, via new apps

    • Africa not making as much progress as hoped on MDGs: UN official

    • ADB official: Dawei project is ‘good for Thailand’

    • Innovative idea powers South African shanty towns

    • Yemen, Iraq sign development cooperation agreement

    • In Bangladesh, ADB identifies project implementation bottlenecks in review of projects 

    • USAID has earmarked $130M for Peru in 2013

    • OECD’s Karen Jorgensen on peer reviews of DAC members

    • After Hurrican Sandy, Haiti ‘slipping deeper into crisis’

    • In charity work, ‘good intentions are not enough’ 

    • UN demands end to foreign aid to Congo rebels

    • Why Nigeria can’t meet MDG targets

    • US army developing new humanitarian airdrop system

    • Pakistan approves emergency action plan for polio eradication

    • New allegations surface against USAID-funded Philippine NGO

    • Ukrainian companies interested in building power plants, bridges in Pakistan 

    • ICRC warns of human cost of military intervention in Mali

    • The long, slow tragedy of chronic hunger in southern Africa

    • Are pension funds the ‘missing link’ to African Development?

    • Axel van Trotsenburg: Development aid in a changing world

    • Leave it to the private sector: Business-led developmentalism

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