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

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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