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USAID-JICA partnership promotes water financing in sub-Saharan Africa
Voluntary guidelines for land tenure, access to fisheries and forests submitted for final approval
IFC, CDC to provide financing for private sector development in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa
Norway donates $1.5M to Ethiopia’s climate change adaptation projects
UN Women, Rockefeller Foundation need your views on sustainable development, Rio+20
International community allocates ‘paltry 3 percent’ for gender equality programs
Evidence in support of microfinance ‘unclear, unreliable and inconclusive’
Cocoa initiative expected to benefit 100,000 farmers in Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria
Sadako Ogata says more discussions needed before deciding on aid policy strategies
Oxfam calls for transparency, accountability in Pakistani flood response
Sri Mulyani for World Bank president? Development Policy Center tells you why
Nuru International CEO says extreme poverty is linked to global terrorism
Can the World Bank convince civil society it can be trusted?
Sudan rebel group says yes to delivery of humanitarian aid to South Kordofan, Blue Nile
Bob Carr sworn in as the new Australian Foreign Affairs Minister
Health minister denies asking Global Fund to cut funding for health programs in Namibia
Amnesty International report exposes torture of Syrians in detention
Is the developing world learning English more effectively via mobile phones?
Nine African countries commit to improving access to water and sanitation
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