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    Development news roundup: The trouble with UK aid’s numbers, 3 prerequisites for an AIDS-free generation, and more

    By Devex Editor // 26 June 2012

    Today, we reported

    • UK aid: The trouble with numbers

    • 3 prerequisites for an AIDS-free generation

    • A new look for UK foreign aid

    • EU ‘can’t afford to ignore’ Sahel

    • WFP dismisses reports of withdrawal from Darfur aid camps

    • Another security breach in MSF-supported hospital

    • Red Cross attempts to enter Homs anew

    • Forum explores business opportunities in Haiti

    • The development community reacts to Rio+20 agreement

    Other must reads:

    • $350M ADB loan to boost Philippines’ business climate

    • UN’s 9 steps of action to curb intercommunal violence in South Sudan

    • ADB’s Stephen Groff to discuss Myanmar’s development needs in 4-day visit

    • Ban Ki-moon highlights challenges to civilian protection

    • EU contract on Iranian oil imports ends July 1

    • Access, a problem for aid workers in North Kivu, Congo

    • Road construction project in Jharkhand, India, eyes $400M ADB loan

    • ‘Cutting-edge inventions’ to take center stage at Rockefeller Foundation’s annual innovation forum

    • NGOs raise issue of land grabbing at Agriculture Investment Summit

    • Tourism, a factor in sustainable development?

    • GAVI Board chair Dagfinn Høybråten: Vaccines play important role in ending preventable child deaths

    • Is Israel blocking development in Gaza?

    • Economics editor asks: What’s the best way to measure the impact of foreign aid?

    • USAID no longer needed in Panama?

    • Water situation in Sahel ‘disastrous’ — Save the Children employee

    • USAID’s foreign assistance obligation and expenditure data now up on Foreign Assistance Dashboard

    • Canadian foreign affairs minister to promote country’s engagement with the Americas to key European partners

    • EU outlines strategic framework on human rights and democracy

    • EU ready to provide technical assistance for upcoming elections in Pakistan

    • Capacity of Buramino refugee camp in Ethiopia increased to more than 25,000

    • US, Consumer Goods Forum collaborate to build innovative partnerships to reduce deforestation

    • Congo needs to improve mining revenue collection to receive latest $150M IMF loan installment

    • REDD+ a “game changer” in the move toward a global green economy, says Norwegian Minister

    • Scientist seeks overhaul of community forest management frameworks, models

    • China urged to grant UN access to Kachin refugees in Yunna province

    • UN Rights council to discuss situation in Syria

    • US seeking partnership in Africa, not ‘large military presence’

    • Malaysia passed MDG on poverty, says environment minister

    • Achieving climate goal needs a ‘shared development agenda’

    • Australia committing to a target date on aid near election year, a ‘reckless’ move?

    • From health to development: Health approach shows potential in measuring development outcomes

    • Australia deploys justice advisers to Afghanistan

    • UN marked Public Service Day on June 25

    • IMF approves $63.2M for Central African Republic’s medium-term economic program

    • WFP donates automatic weather stations to Uganda’s environment ministry

    • UNICEF helps build schools in three Afghan highland provinces

    • IFC helps boost rural India’s access to ATM network

    • AusAid, UNDP partner to unite Sri Lankan communities

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