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    Development news roundup: UK support for women and girls, ADB anticorruption drive, and more

    By Johanna Morden // 05 March 2013

    Today, we reported:

    • Justine Greening speaks out for women and girls

    • ADB sees surge in aid fraud complaints

    • Sequester takes hold: House issues spending proposal for remainder of fiscal 2013

    • ‘One step closer to an AIDS-free generation’

    • US rewards Egypt after promising economic reforms

     Other must-reads:

    • AfDB offers technical assistance grant to West African development bank

    • AfDB chief, Togo leaders discuss development partnership

    • In South Sudan, UN humanitarian official urges stronger protection of aid workers

    • AfDB, Rwanda bank ink $8M credit deal

    • Red Cross: In southern Africa, more than 6M face severe food shortages

    • EU ups Burundi funding

    • IDB’s annual development effectiveness overview

    • Luxembourg, El Salvador review cooperation program

    • Canada funds 2 projects on democracy, rule of law and economic growth in Ukraine

    • HRW bemoans arrest warrant against Belarusian human rights leader

    • Global Fund praises choice of Ray Chambers as special envoy for health-related MDG financing

    • World Bank chief lauds Brazilian hospital for giving poor better access to health care

    • Rebeca Grynspan: ‘Not everything that counts can be counted’

    • WHO urges investment in health sector recovery after disasters

    • Anthony Lake on global health goals: ‘We must be ambitious’

    • Fact sheet: US aid to Syrian people

    • US leads high-tech delegation to Myanmar

    • US gives grant to curb child trafficking in 15 Philippine towns

    • Oxfam America: US trade policy puts public health at risk

    • US gives WWF $10M for Uganda nature conservation

    • Ariel Pablos-Méndez: US investments in foreign aid provide a healthy return

    • Mary Marchal: Sequestration and public perceptions of US foreign aid, an ill-fated combination?

    • Shannon Kindornay: CIDA should work with the private sector

    • Jeroen Kwakkenbos: Donor procurement policies hinder Haitian recovery

    • Joseph Rwagatare: Who gains from UK aid to Rwanda?

    Read more development aid news online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.

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    • Johanna Morden

      Johanna Morden

      Johanna Morden is a community development worker by training and a global development journalist by profession. As a former Devex staff writer based in Manila, she covered the Asian Development Bank as well as Asia-Pacific's aid community at large. Johanna has written for a variety of international publications, covering social issues, disasters, government, ICT, business, and the law.

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