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    Development News Roundup: Pressure on G20 Builds Up, UNESCO Loses Canada Contributions, Global Fund Uncovers More Losses, and More

    By Ivy Mungcal // 02 November 2011

    Today, we reported:

    • Robert Zoellick: G20 Should Protect People Too, Not Just Systems

    • Bill Gates to Highlight Innovation in Report to G20

    • Sarkozy to Keep Development High on G20 Agenda – French Diplomat

    • Ahead of G20 Meet, Protesters Hold Alternative Summit in France

    • New Internal Probes Uncover Additional Losses in Global Fund Grants

    • Canada Suspends Voluntary Contributions to UNESCO

    • World Bank Group Prioritizes Poor Northeast in New Partnership Strategy for Brazil

    • WHO Executive Board Deliberates Reforms

    • Gates Foundation Partners with Brazil for Agricultural Development in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

    • UNICEF Adds to Call for NKorea Aid

    Other must-reads:

    • OECD, OXfam Jointly Press for Better, More Effective Aid

    • Ahead of Busan Transparency Summit, A Debate on Ending Tied Aid

    • Commitment to Development Index 2011: How Do Top Donors Rank?

    • Pakistan Loses IMF Loan Program

    • Kenya Begins Repaying Stolen Money from Donor-funded Education Program

    • 2 Somalia Government Officials Sanctioned Over Missing Food Aid

    • Chinese Military’s Humanitarian Mission Ship Arrives in Jamaica

    • Nigerian Parliament Details Former Governor’s Diversion of MDG Funds

    • UNCHR Continues Humanitarian Aid Flights to Quatke-hit Turkish Cities

    • Japan, Sweden Provides More Aid to Flooded Southeast Asian Countries

    • Nigerian Minister Seeks World Bank Assistance to Empower Country’s Women Entrepreneurs

    • Why US Congress Should Continue Funding PEPFAR

    • Jamal Osaman: Humanitarian Community Needs to Redefine Roles in Somali Crisis Response

    • UK Announces Aid for Afghan Landmine Victims

    • Japan Offers Engineering Experience to UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan

    • In Asia, Governments Discuss How to Boost Protection, Management of Fragile Coral Triangle Region

    • UNDP to Launch 2011 Human Development Report Nov. 2

    • Donors Pledge Fund for New Tuvalu Desalination System

    • Disaster Microinsurance for Haiti In the Works

    • USAID Largest Pakistani Donor in 2011

    • Eurostep Contributes to UN Sustainable Development Conference Draft Document

    • Vietnamese Government Affirms Support for Foreign NGO Operations

    • NGO Urges African Countries to Integrate ‘Right-to-food’ in Constitutions

    • Report: Climate Finance at $97B per Year

    Read more development aid news online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.

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    • Ivy Mungcal

      Ivy Mungcal

      As former senior staff writer, Ivy Mungcal contributed to several Devex publications. Her focus is on breaking news, and in particular on global aid reform and trends in the United States, Europe, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Before joining Devex in 2009, Ivy produced specialized content for U.S. and U.K.-based business websites.

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