Development news roundup: UN’s $1.5B appeal for Syria, MCC names compact-eligible countries, and more

Today, we reported:

• UN requests $1.5B to address Syrians’ rising humanitarian needs

• Morocco, a surprise pick for MCC 2nd compact eligibility

• EU unveils funding, aid proposals for African countries

• Fresh conflict forces aid groups out of Central African Republic regions

• Asia-Pacific needs to invest in social sector, ‘formalize’ informal employment – ADB, ILO

Other must reads:

• UNHCR hails EU decision to donate Nobel funding for children

• EU welcomes bilateral deal on Bosnia and Herzegovina’s WTO accession

• IFC study concludes enhanced financing for women entrepreneurs can boost Nepal’s economy

• JICA president signs phase 3 of ASEAN engineering education project during Thailand visit

• WFP seeks urgent assistance for more than 550,000 refugees In Kenya

• A $13.2M EBRD loan for renewable energy generation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Congo: UK announces aid for refugees forced to flee fighting

• Uruguay will improve public transport in Montevideo with $70M IDB loan

• IDB supports environmentally sustainable diversification of Uruguay’s energy matrix

• Madagascar must combat poverty to eradicate slavery, UN independent expert urges

• Civil society key to ensuring Internet free speech - UN expert

• UN peacekeepers provide protection for thousands fleeing violence in South Sudanese town

• IMF approves $78.4M for Bosnia and Herzegovina

• At Security Council, UN envoy flags risk of development gains slipping in Afghanistan

• UNICEF and WHO: Polio vaccinators attacked in Pakistan are ‘heroes’

• How UNICEF if helping build strong foundation for refugee children in Rwanda

• Accountability review board head discuss Benghazi attack report

• EU provides $13.2M for business development in Jordan

• IFC study says enhanced financing for women entrepreneurs can boost Nepal’s economy

• Friends of UN Plus launched in Liberia

• Report seeks inclusion of menstrual hygiene issues into aid programs

• ECOWAS sends humanitarian aid to Ivorian refugees in Liberia

• Palestinian president offers aid to Syria refugees

• TB Alliance secures UNITAID grant to development pediatric tuberculosis drugs

• How Oxfam helped promote innovative farming methods in Vietnam

• 4 State Department officials resign after scathing Benghazi attack report

• Ghana to borrow $19.1M to fund food security initiatives

• Violence in Congo wracks Masisi too

• Red Cross societies organize rapid response as Cyclone Evan hammers Samoa and Fiji

• US development NGOs condemn attacks on health workers in Pakistan

• The need for ‘food security floor’

• At year’s end, news of a global health success

• US CDC’s Susan Hillis: Chaing the world for children through new action plan

• Publish What You Fund welcomes new board members

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