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

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

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