Development news roundup: UK to commit steady support to Afghanistan through 2017, former police chief replaces Bev Oda, and more

Today, we reported:

• UK to commit steady support to Afghanistan through 2017

• CIDA’s new head: Former police chief replaces Bev Oda

• Access to generic medicine to continue with ‘death’ of ACTA

• UN revises funding appeal for South Sudan

• David Lane: From White House to Rome

• Experts weigh in on accountability in Islamic aid

• Robert Zoellick and Peter Chowla on the World Bank

Other must reads:

• ASEAN urged to show strong political commitment toward malaria fight

• At global conference, a call for greater investment in disaster preparedness and recovery

• Forum explores innovative natural disaster planning tools

• UNESCO seeks funds for besieged DRC wildlife reserve

• New partnership tackles measurement of livestock industry impact on environment

• Worrying trend in Asia: Private tutoring

• ADB helps Vietnam develop microfinance market

• UN funds new ‘quick projects’ in South Darfur

• With increasing foreign funding, more NGOs open in Pakistan’s tribal areas

• DfID on Pakistan monsoon flooding: We’re prepared to respond

• In Australia, cops help raise funds for Oxfam by trailwalking

• Syrian refugees in Lebanon suffer increasingly dire living conditions

• India floods kill nearly 100, displace half-million

• Vietnam’s rural villages enjoy biogas benefits

• Benelux eyes banding with emerging economies for new IMF seat

• UNICEF, partners rescue 124 child laborers in Nepalese town

• In Cambodia, WHO helps probe unexplained child deaths

• Australia hosts world’s first mining development center

• Save the Children warns of another food crisis in Somalia

• Proposal on humanitarian ombudsman revisited

• Anders Hylander bemoans MDGs’ silence on global ageing

• Sunita Narain on Rio+20: A failure of global leadership

• Naohiro Kitano: Japan should increase cooperation with China, Korea on aid

• Risks to aid delivery remain high in central, south Somalia

• UN chief presses for multilateral arms trade treaty

• European Commission, Southern Mediterranean countries launch new talks on education policies, programs

• Australian senators say some AusAID-funded projects at risk of demolition in Palestinian territories

• Former US president pledges continued support for Zambia

• Vietnam secures $180M World Bank loan for 5-year disaster management scheme

• Cagayan de Oro named 3rd recipient of USAID’s Cities Development Initiative

• Aid group rolls out relief for Bangladesh flood victims

• IMF agrees to lend $300M to Kenya

• Egypt official claims US Congress illegally funded some foreign, local NGOs

• IDB, EU pledge support for Barbados’ smart energy project

• DfID offers new learning resource on climate change

• Report: EIB-FEMIP disbursed $1B for MENA countries in 2011

• Bangladesh explores options following World Bank cancellation of Padma Bridge loan

• Sirleaf discusses Liberia’s ‘new development agenda’ with US delegation

• Australia postpones aid promise, but Gillard gets another raise

• Myanmar’s vice president, a member of the military, resigns. Will the speed of reforms pick up in Myanmar?

• Food distribution needs improvement — Somali refugees

• In Cebu, Japanese officials and businessmen explore sustainable urban development projects

• The tragedy in Syria: Who’s to blame?

• The challenge to Australia: Bring G20 development agenda back in 2014

• Will Hillary Clinton’s ‘sorry’ heal US and Pakistan’s troubled relationship

• New Mexican president seeks ‘more pro-active’ foreign policy

• Will Egypt, Israel find peace under Mohamed Morsi’s reign?

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