Development news roundup: The climate deal reached in Doha, DfID's foray into impact investments, and more

Today, we reported:

• The climate deal: An extended Kyoto, but no clear path for climate aid

• DfID: From grants to impact investments

• UK ‘pressures’ aid partners to be transparent

• Arab League pledges aid for Palestinian territories

• The future young people want

• In Africa’s malaria fight, a $3.6B funding gap

Other must reads:

• EU explores ways to strengthen support for human rights mechanisms

• FAO to move from hunger reduction to hunger eradication

• IDB, la Caixa partner on socioeconomic development projects in Latin America, Caribbean

• IOM requests $7M for humanitarian response to typhoon Bopha 

• IOM ramps up response to eastern Congo

• Sri Lankan fishermen get livelihood support

• Haiti to promote investments, exports with $17.5M grant from IDB 

• On next EU foreign ministers meeting’s agenda: Russia, Middle East, Syria

• UN relief chief pushes for aid access into off-limits areas in Myanmar

• UNICEF to deliver clean water, sanitation for Philippine typhoon victims

• WFP supports typhoon relief operations in Philippines

• Buffett Foundation donates $1M to WFP programs for IDPs in Congo

• UN agencies welcome launch of Iraq’s 1st-ever national education strategy

• UN official stresses civilian protection on visit to areas affected by Congo violence

• IOM hosts workshop on camp coordination, management during emergencies

• Denmark strengthens ties with Syrian opposition coalition

• ADB plans $137M grant for inclusive growth project in Tajikistan

• ADB report: How Pacific countries weathered global economic downturn

• USDA, USAID partner to help improve productivity of common bean in Africa

• European Commission increases relief assistance to Mali 

• Economic growth is not benefiting the poor in Mongolia, warns UN expert on extreme poverty

• Education program in Malawi gives hope to refugees

• Audit of USAID’s health services project in Cambodia produces mixed bag of results

• US Department of State invites public input for new blog 

• Ban Ki-moon: ‘Do not close your eyes’ while Syrians suffer

• UNICEF launches emergency vaccination campaign in Syria

• Interview with John Edward Greene, UN secretary-general’s special envoy for the Caribbean

• Japan to double Africa assistance

• US forces rescue aid worker kidnapped near Kabul, Afghanistan

• Climate change affecting livelihood options in India’s Assam state - study

• More speculations on Hillary Clinton’s next move

• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s mother kidnapped

• US offers additional $3M in assistance to victims of Typhoon Bopha in the Philippines

• Germany aims to strengthen, not scale down, bilateral cooperation with Namibia

• Sweden provides $650,000 for Liberia’s national secretariat for post-2015 development agenda

• In Kenya, AfDB wants donor-funded projects prioritized

• Food security improves in Sudan despite conflicts - report

• Coming in New York: Conference on delivery of medical innovations to neglected patients, Dec. 13-14

• Susan Reichle: USAID reforms aim to strengthen institutions and systems

• Steven Heydemann testifies on human rights conditions in Syria

• An unlikely World AIDS Day coalition

• Euro crisis’ lessons for East Asia

• Australia urged to heed Papua New Guinea’s PM appeals for aid priorities realignment

• Why economic empowerment is key to reducing violence against women

• Giving youth a real voice in development

• Athena Kolbe: Haiti’s silenced victims

• A case against nominating Susan Rice as next US secretary of state

• David Miliband: EU cooperation should be strengthened, not abandoned

• Pearl Initiative and UNICEF agree to jointly advance corporate responsibility and children’s rights

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