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

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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