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    Development news roundup: Matching funds for Sahel, medicine crisis in Syria, and more

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 08 August 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • From US, a gift to UNHCR

    • A dollar for a dollar for the Sahel

    • Hillary Clinton winds down Africa tour

    • Latest casualty in Syria: Medicines

    • A funding boost for Yemen’s political transition

    • Amid Congo ‘catastrophe,’ a rebel resurgence

    • Impassable roads hamper relief efforts in rain-battered Manila

    • Brazil hones in on Nigeria

    Other must-reads:

    • UNICEF on child abuse in East Asia-Pacific: Harmful, long-term damage to victims and beyond

    • UNHCR urges Bangladesh to lift ban against NGO aid for Rohingya refugees

    • What UN Women is doing in Sierra Leone

    • UN, ECOWAS team up to end violence against women in Africa

    • IOM, UNFPA kick off human trafficking awareness drive in Indonesia’s West Java

    • IOM gets UK aid to sustain post-flood rebuilding in Pakistan’s Sindh

    • More EBRD funds for SME lending in Azerbaijan

    • Armenia wins EIB financing for water, border crossings projects

    • IsDB injects $275M in agriculture, water projects in African member countries

    • OFID offers emergency grant for Gaza Strip

    • ADB power sector financing to India’s Assam state nears $1B

    • Pakistan looks to JICA for Karachi development funding

    • AfDB assures support for Kenya’s mega ICT park project

    • A grant for West Africa media strengthening

    • IFC helps build Tunisian youth’s business skills

    • China to Rwanda: ‘You can count on our financial support’

    • US ‘deeply concerned’ over Bangladesh’s NGO aid ban

    • Bill Clinton on clean energy: Less politics, more cooperation

    • US pledges continued support for Ethiopia’s health care sector

    • Namibian news reports Millennium Challenge Account halted due to mismanagement

    • EU, small island states criticize US for ‘walking away’ from global climate goal

    • Harvard experts weigh in on how to improve humanitarian aid

    • In New York, a music festival for the global poverty fight

    • Liberia eyes its own version of Peace Corps

    • NGOs and private sector create increasingly fruitful partnerships

    • Study: Renewables shocks and Maoist conflict, a causal link

    • Worldwatch Institute: Monitoring of Rio+20’s pledges on sustainable tranport vital

    • Save the Children report puts spotlight on education needs in chronic crises

    • North Africa regional integration: Challenges and potential

    • Should the development community beware corporates bearing gifts?

    • Justin W. van Fleet: 3 windows to advance a common agenda on universal education

    • How USAID’s partners address food security in DRC

    • Family planning investment in Africa: Experts weigh in

    • Catherine Bertini and Dan Glickman: Sustainable farming, ‘a triple win’

    • Why are prices of seeds in South Africa inflating?

    • Lessons from successful budget transparency, accountability campaigns

    • Millions still lack access to water, sanitation

    • After London family planning summit, local and international action now needed

    • Peace and security expert Michael Klare on US drought

    • Hunger summit the ‘starting gun’ on an Olympic legacy

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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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