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    Development news roundup: More rewards for Myanmar, U.S. Senate allocates $53B for foreign operations, and more

    By Devex Editor // 20 April 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • Myanmar earns more rewards for ongoing reforms

    • Senate allocates $53B for foreign operations

    • More UK aid for Syrian civilians, refugees

    • World Bank: Help the poor ‘bank’ on their future

    • Development in numbers: What indicators say

    • In aid transparency, joining IATI is ‘not enough’

    • The water problem? How about ‘better manners,’ ‘fewer forks’

    Other must reads:

    • New SIDA initiative links Swedish universities to Bolivia, Rwanda counterparts

    • Estonia makes first-ever voluntary contribution to FAO

    • Japan helps replenish WFP resources for Myanmar relief programs

    • UNRWA expands tertiary health care coverage for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

    • Andrew Mitchell appears highly pleased with Global Fund reforms

    • On the spotlight: Development implications of a robust Afghan telecom sector

    • Russia sends aid to Serbia

    • Robert Zoellick opens spring meetings with discussion on eurocrisis, the Arab Spring, and his successes and failures as World Bank president

    • José Graziano da Silva identifies 5 points that need ‘concerted action’ to end hunger

    • UNAIDS calls on countries to implement WHO’s new HIV testing guidelines

    • New Zealand provides additional $1M for Fiji flood recovery

    • Brazil donates $2.2M worth of white rice, beans to WFP

    • World Bank approves new mechanism to support, scale up social accountability among CSOs

    • ADB to China: Reduce, manage risks causing frequent and severe droughts

    • France, Senegal agree to boost aid, defense cooperation

    • Denmark urges EU to lead talks for tangible targets at Rio+20

    • Report: Microfinance demand on the rise in West Bank, Gaza

    • New dataset shows where donors are working in Malawi

    • How effective is aid in fragile states? New report lists lessons from early compacts

    • The ‘name of the game’ in climate finance? ‘Innovative leadership’

    • Scorecards for political change - Oxfam

    • Mutharika led an ‘agriculture-led boom’ in Malawi - Jeffrey Sachs

    • Democratic forces call on international community to stop aid to Swaziland over human rights violations

    • Mali in serious threat of ‘Somalisation’

    • Former officials: Protect UNCTAD from rich countries

    • Rich nations ‘wiggling out’ of pledges to help developing countries cope with climate change - Eurodad report

    • Conflict, violence displaced 26.4M in 2011

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