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    Development news roundup: UN climate change conference preview, aid to Gaza Strip and more

    By Devex Editor // 23 November 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • Climate change conference: The ‘big issues’

    • Aid begins to flow into Gaza Strip

    • On the conflict grounds of Congo

    • ‘Migration is the mega-trend of the 21st century’

    • Investments the ‘only one way’ toward more resilient Haiti – FAO head

    Other must reads:

    • 1st day of EU budget talks ends in gridlock

    • ASEAN adopts human rights declaration

    • On JICA president’s travel itinerary: Thailand, Senegal, Europe

    • Experts seek sustainable way to develop aviation

    • UK officials: Alleged Rwandan support for Congo rebels a key factor for future aid decisions

    • EU provides $45M economic aid to Turkish Cypriot community

    • European Parliament urges Kazakhstan to improve human rights record

    • JICA sends emergency aid to quake-hit Myanmar

    • ADB: Asia’s regional bond markets may expand but risks loom

    • AfDB, Morocco sign $306.7M in loans for solar power plant project

    • AfDB to help improve Cameroon transport sector with $73M loan

    • Brazil secures $24.5M IDB loan for sanitation, water improvements in Maues municipality

    • Austria, Albania mark 20 years of development cooperation

    • $2.35M ADB grant to help Tuvalu improve fiscal management

    • ADB OKs $6M loan for Cook Island’s inclusive economic growth efforts

    • Germany’s Gudrun Kopp: Violence against women hampers development

    • Hans-Jürgen Beerfeltz on direction of German-Tunisian ties

    • Heidi Hautala: ‘Afghan women and girls need our full support’

    • New Zealand PM welcomes stronger relationship with Myanmar

    • A $25.5M research initiative to boost sustainable crop

    • Sierra Leone’s 2nd largest city on track to meet MDG on maternal mortality - MSF

    • Inflation hampers efforts to boost food security in Pakistan

    • NGO expresses concern over planned rebel takeover of another eastern Congolese town

    • Women in neighboring countries work together to aid women of eastern Congo

    • In Latin America, inequality and economic slowdown hurt hunger reduction efforts

    • NGO seeks end to persecution of Bahraini human rights defenders

    • In Zimbabwe, e-vouchers boost access to agricultural inputs

    • UN to send flour and oil reserves to Kyrgyzstan

    • French lawmaker urges united global response to climate change

    • UK lawmaker calls for an end to so-called ‘lords of poverty’ phenomenon

    • World Bank, Japan host training seminar for Tanzanian NGOs

    • Berlin-based group names 10 ‘countries of hope’ for Africa

    • Libya offers $126.5M economic aid grant to Tunisia

    • Gates Foundation to help train WHO vaccination team in Angola

    • In Nepal, donors reiterate call to prevent use of aid for violence, political gains

    • A look at World Bank’s work in rural Myanmar

    • China talks development, cooperation engagement in East Asia 

    • How do aid doctors work in world’s most murderous nation?

    • Why we need to focus on women farm workers

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