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

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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