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    Development news roundup: House oversight committee members zero in on USAID Forward, proposed EU budget for 2013, and more

    By Devex Editor // 27 April 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • House oversight committee members zero in on USAID implementation, procurement reforms

    • European Commission releases proposed EU budget for 2013

    • World Bank on Myanmar: New office, assessment programs

    • Brian Atwood: 2 steps to transparency

    • Sudan government sends mixed signals on aid access

    • Two South Darfur NGOs forced to close

    • AusAID says some lost funds cannot be recovered

    • US gets passing mark on food security

    • Jonathan Glennie to Africa: Beware of donors, DAC or BRICS

    Other must reads

    • New from McKinsey: Website focusing on business solutions to global challenges

    • DfID to provide South Sudan additional emergency aid worth $24M

    • Ban Ki-moon stresses importance of improving women, children’s health in India

    • UN conference: Trade will be an essential factor in economic growth

    • Obama waives aid restrictions for Palestinian territories

    • World Bank to support Pakistan’s education, natural gas sectors with $550M

    • 1990 Iraq invasion victims to receive $1B in compensation

    • MCC to give Philippine province $3M

    • Malaria advocates, policymakers call on EU parliament to provide ‘predictable funding’ for 2014-2020 global malaria response

    • DfID supports Tanzania’s legislative program with $2.3M

    • UK’s support for energy-efficient projects: $97M for carbon capture and storage plants in developing countries

    • In Africa: Don’t just create salaried jobs, also increase productivity of youth in informal sectors

    • To save Sahel, place Arms Trade Treaty in Mali now – Oxfam arms trade policy adviser

    • $3M World Bank grant to support land registration in West Bank

    • World Bank’s strategy in Afghanistan 2012-2014: Capacity building, equitable service delivery, inclusive growth

    • UK to support new results-based financing facility in low-income countries

    • Attention NGOs: Funding opportunity for programs in the Caucasus for IDPs, refugees

    • OECD-DAC pledges to continue support for developing countries’ pursuit for greener, inclusive growth

    • UNCTAD head: ‘Tradition worth continuing’

    • Malaria fight: A matter of funding

    • The Global Fund’s tranformation is ‘well underway’

    • South Korea to support irrigation project in the Philippines with $211M loan

    • Red Cross Africa zone director: ‘Grow the food that Africa needs in Africa’

    • $4.6M ECOWAS humanitarian support to mitigate suffering of refugees, IDPs in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger

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