Development news roundup: US rewards Myanmar for reforms, fire douses Red Cross aid distribution in Homs, and more

Today, we reported:

• Tit for tat: US rewards Myanmar for reforms
• Fire douses Red Cross aid distribution in Homs
• Kidnapping jeopardizes MSF work in DRC camp
• Inconclusive: The effectiveness of PPPs
• Did Busan adequately address CSOs’ aid effectiveness demands?
• On World Health Day, a focus on aging
• How tragic: A woman dies every minute from childbirth complications

Other must reads:

• Outgoing head Josette Sheeran: ‘WFP has never been stronger’
• FAO secures $25M UK aid to improve agricultural statistics
• UNIDO kicks off construction of hydro power plant in Sierra Leone
• AusAID updates transparency charter with info on 6 partner countries
• Flooded Fiji receives WHO technical support offer
• Andris Piebalgs says instability in Mali risks EU food aid to Sahel
• UN Security Council urges all parties to allow humanitarian aid into Mali
• Oxfam: Sanctions could worsen ‘desperate’ food situation in Mali
• European NGOs to IFIs: Apply same transparency and accountability standards to internal affairs
• Bob Geldof’s 8 Miles gains $79M investment from UK development finance arm
• AECOM receives $14.7M USAID contract to support health infrastructure development in Mozambique
• IsDB 83 percent short of target for poverty fund
• JICA hints at lack of transparency with $300M education project in Pakistan
• Duncan Green: Blogging on development 101 for NGOs
• Egypt to US: American NGO workers will be tried next week
• U.S. agencies respond to MFAN’s call for transparency. What next?
• Former officials back Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for World Bank president
• Sida aid to Vietnam ‘very successful’
• BMZ, Gates Foundation pledge 40M euros for West Africa’s family planning projects

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