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    Development news roundup: The waiting game in Myanmar, World Bank temporarily suspends SNC-Lavalin unit, and more

    By Devex Editor // 03 April 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • In Myanmar, the waiting game begins

    • World Bank temporarily suspends SNC-Lavalin unit

    • Sweden unveils new AIDS budget, strategy in sub-Saharan Africa

    • Now available: FAO’s social analysis guides for agriculture projects

    • Wanted: Best practices in building NGO support group

    • Why José Antonio Ocampo should be the next World Bank president

    • American democratic structures? Other countries say, no thanks!

    Other must reads:

    • Sweden orders review of Sida’s engagement with civil society organizations

    • Australia, UNICEF to assess aid impact in Zimbabwe

    • East, South African experts to explore protection of right to food April 4-5

    • FAO names priorities in Latin America, Caribbean for next 2 years

    • Heads of state, business leaders to discuss anti-poverty public-private partnerships in the Americas

    • High-level forum to tackle measures to strengthen drought resilience in Horn of Africa

    • Madeleine Albright applauds USAID’s women-focused projects, programs

    • EBRD names Hildegard Gacek to head operations in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region

    • Africa to gain better, cheaper medicines via new high-level alliance

    • World Bank, UNICEF: Increased investment in nutrition needed in Tajikistan

    • Grant management changes underway at the Global Fund

    • UAE shuts down offices of US-backed pro-democracy group

    • Why climate information knowledge matters for farmers in disaster-prone countries

    • Catherine Ashton urged to support aid accountability, democracy in Haiti

    • Bill Gates grants $12M for boosting yam production in western Africa

    • Kofi Annan says Syria to comply with peace plan by April 10

    • New report reviews the politics of international AIDS conferences

    • Investment banks’ speculation on food prices tip millions into hunger, poverty

    • Swiss aid group leaves northern Mali for the south

    • Caritas’ office in northern Mali destroyed, but operations continue

    • Two weeks after 7.4-magnitude temblor, Oaxaca rocked by strong quake anew

    • IDP camp in West Darfur facing severe drinking water shortage

    • ASEAN to launch $485.2M infrastructure fund in May

    • Science journalist says Africa’s ‘S&T ambitions need to find place among wider development challenges’

    • Terra Lawson-Remer: In support of Jim Yong Kim’s World Bank bid

    • Experts call for more knowledge sharing, collaboration on sustainable development

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