Development news roundup: Kerry's 1st visit to USAID, New rules on IFAD president's pay and more

Today, we reported:

• John Kerry’s 1st official visit to USAID

• What happened in Rome: New rules on IFAD president’s pay

• World Bank preps universal health care coverage tool

• In Tokyo, support for Palestine’s plight

Other must-reads:

• Japan donates to Ghana’s Princess Umul Hattiya Foundation

• AfDB official predicts end in Nigeria rice importation by 2015

• Congo in talks with IMF over new loan deal

• EU-funded Tajik agricultural finance framework reaches completion

• UNICEF in Thailand: Footballs for Rohingya children

• WFP food ration cuts hit Pakistan IDPs

• Japan-funded Jaffna Teaching Hospital opens

• IDB loan seeks to improve urban infrastructure in Bolivia’s La Ceja area

• IFC helps increase Costa Rica SME lending

• World Bank OKs $130M for Morocco social waste sector reform 

• IMF approves $7.6M disbursement for Burundi

• How MCA funds promote a healthier Mongolia

• In Lesotho, MCC turns over blood transfusion center in Lesotho

• USAID donates vehicles to Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services 

• ICRC celebrates 150th anniversary

• MSF treats wounded civilians in South Sudan’s Jonglei state

• UN: Darfur aid delivery struggles amid restrictions 

• ICRC commits to providing humanitarian aid in Colombia for as long as needed

• Diana Hulova on Myanmar’s debt: What’s behind the speedy efforts to restructure it?

• Richard Stevenson: As troops leave, an uncertain future for US aid in Afghanistan

• Alice Harrison: Making climate money work

• Security Council discusses new Somalia mission

• In Mauritania, UN envoys consult with local leaders on Mali crisis, development

• UNICEF appeals for $7M to help flood-hit Mozambique

• UN officials join global call to end violence against women and girls

• Jim Yong Kim’s on ‘what’s next for Russia’s economic and global role’

• How World Bank helps improve opportunities for Bosnia-Herzegovina youth

• World Bank: Uganda can earn an extra $2.5B by removing trade barriers

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