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    Development news roundup: John Kerry on USAID contractors, a USAID official's alleged interference in a contracting investigation, and more

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 25 January 2013

    Today, we reported:

    • John Kerry’s interest in USAID contractors

    • The charity industry’s ‘hidden side’

    Other must-reads:

    • Aid organizations step up efforts to help families affected by Typhoon Bopha

    • World Bank outlines project consultations in Burma

    • Israeli-Palestinian peace process entering critical period, UN envoy tells Security Council

    • IFC, Azerbaijan sign pact to support clean energy projects in emerging markets

    • Thailand wins ADB grant for water management, rail improvements

    • AU and COMESA elders wrap up mission to Kenya

    • EU deploys team to observe Kenya’s March polls

    • Canada providing emergency help to Kenyans affected by flooding

    • Australia gives $2 million to help feed refugees in Horn of Africa

    • Tanzania: Underprivileged girls get education boost From UK

    • IFC pledges more funding for Senegal’s SMEs, climate reforms

    • World Bank supports climate change resiliency, improved health and nutrition in Mozambique

    • Tunisia secures World Bank funds

    • Call for unity: AU executive council session opens

    • IOM aids flood victims in Zimbabwe

    • Despite flow of aid money, Darfur still suffers

    • As talks advance in Darfur, UN peacekeeping official urges sustained focus on peace process

    • ‘Aid in warehouses, not distributed’: North Darfur displaced

    • Sudan: North Darfur aid ‘depending on shipping logistics’

    • Sudan: Donors prompt response curbs spread of outbreak

    • Jordan’s Zaatari camp swells with new refugees from Syria - Save the Children

    • Food aid to Syrians dispatched

    • US Fund for UNICEF issues urgent appeal for Syrian children

    • Libya wants peacekeepers in Mali

    • ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff to meet Jan. 26 on Mali

    • After two weeks of fighting, MSF continues to work in northern Mali

    • Fourth Africa Regional Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction on Feb 13-15 to focus on resilience

    • ECOWAS and USAID trade and food security conference to be held in Accra

    • Fund the Global Fund! - Lucy Chesire, TV-HIV advocate from Kenya

    • Arianna Huffington from Davos: ‘Worldwide resilience key to our future’

    • What tools USAID has to prevent mass atrocities

    • USAID chief Rajiv Shah encourages Americans to volunteer

    • The real stakes of the war rocking West Africa

    • Gender, violence and the post-2015 framework

    • AfDB President Kaberuka to world leaders: Let’s boost economic growth

    • Germany makes 1M euro contribution to Global Fund

    • DSM and WFP strengthen partnership to combat global malnutrition

    • Impact of EU’s diplomatic corps questioned

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    • Jenny Lei Ravelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

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