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    Development news roundup: The ‘work’ ahead for the UN General Assembly, Justine Greening orders probe into DfID’s use of contractors, and more

    By Devex Editor // 18 September 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • On its 67th session: The ‘work’ ahead for the UN General Assembly

    • Justine Greening orders probe into DfID’s use of contractors

    • US aid to Egypt in jeopardy, again

    • MENA’s need for long-term aid stressed in new report

    • A new grant for Haiti’s industrial park

    • By NGOs for NGOs: A standby disaster fund

    Other must reads:

    • Security Council extends UN mission in Liberia, authorizes troop reduction

    • Civil society groups blast Zimbabwe’s AIDS council’s lack of transparency

    • UN investigator calls for ‘appropriate action’ to address soaring human rights violations in Syria

    • Parents’ refusal to heed campaign against child marriages gives World Vision pause in Uganda

    • Sudan threatens to expel foreign aid agencies from Darfur

    • Aid agencies in Indonesia’s Papua region fear increased government scrutiny

    • UNESCO chief denounces killing of Tanzanian journalists

    • Grapes of worth

    • In major policy shift, EU lowers cap on food-based biofuels

    • IFC helps build low-cost houses in Brazil

    • MCC-funded highway creates opportunities for dairy farmers in northern El Salvador

    • IMF approves $6.9M disbursement for Sierra Leone

    • ADB approves $98M for Sri Lanka’s road restoration project

    • UNICEF still needs $40.4M for its emergency response for Syrian children refugees

    • ‘Haiti is at a crossroads’

    • World Vision donates nonfood items to Sierra Leone flood victims

    • In Niger, positive results in malnutrition fight but battle ‘is far from won’

    • In Bangladesh, health care falls victim to urbanization

    • Mexico releases 2013-2014 aid plan

    • What is the state of international climate talks?

    • ‘Investing in women’s economic empowerment is a high-yield investment’

    • ‘Improved health is critical to the development of democracy’ in Myanmar

    • Is it time to change the way we regard ‘charity and social reform’?

    • Should UNITAID rethink its raison d’être?

    • EU releases new strategy for research and innovation cooperation

    • AfDB-Guinea cooperation to center on infrastructure, energy

    • EIB’s partnership with the Mediterranean will focus on socially inclusive growth

    • In Ghana, will EU shift economic partnership focus from aid to investment?

    • Launching on Sept. 20, Carib-Cap 2 will provide capacity-building training to 15 microfinance institutions

    • 5th European Union-South Africa Summit takes place today in Brussels

    • MCC’s 1st BOT financing agreement expands and upgrades

    • World Vision partners with MoneyGram to support education in more than a dozen countries

    • IFC taps PPPs to expand affordable dialysis services in Bangladesh

    • PPP model necessary to develop urban infrastructure: Kamal Nath

    • UAE launches PPP renewable energy project

    • Philippines PPP projects generate foreign investor interest

    • ‘Viability gap funding needed to make PPP attractive’

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