Development news roundup: USAID faces tough cuts, South Korea’s aid to Uganda marks a trend, and more

Today, we reported:

• Sequestration or not, USAID faces tough cuts

• For South Korea, aid to Uganda marks a trend

• What the Farm Bill means for US food aid

• Hillary Clinton in Kenya: ‘I have lost elections’

• Post-MDG, what do developing countries want?

Other must-reads:

• In Malawi, Hillary Clinton inspires Peace Corp workers

• Clinton announces $46M US support for Malawi’s agricultural sector

• Zimbabwe’s textile industry the victim of cheap imports

• Zimbabwe rolls out donor-backed monthly cash grants

• Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp breaches 100,000-person capacity

• Kenya’s proposed repatriation of Somali refugees meets resistance from aid agencies

• In Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso, Dirk Niebel discusses German development cooperation with government, civil society representatives

• Eastern Congo faces ‘catastrophic humanitarian crisis,’ Oxfam warns

• Norway allocates extra $5M for humanitarian efforts in South Sudan

• ‘Rwanda will survive without aid’

• African Union creates agency specializing in disaster insurance

• Uzbek city secures $100M ADB technical assistance for solid waste management

• $2.5M EU aid for 80,000 flood victims in Assam, India

• How is USAID working with the Indian diaspora community?

• Pakistan seeks JICA’s help to boost social, economic sectors in Karachi

• Nepal needs huge boost in infrastructure investments to meet growth targets

• Just launched: US Department of Labor call for proposals to fight child labor in Cambodia

• Vietnam pledge to flood-hit North Korea: 5,000 tons of rice

• USAID will wind down Russian projects in 2-4 years

• Moody’s releases annual credit report on EBRD

• EBRD allots $7.8M for modernization of Kyrgyzstan water, sewage systems

• CGIAR reviews climate change impact on food staples, natural resources

• Latest in East Africa: 16 million people face food insecurity

• Food insecurity reaches Kenya’s urban poor

• New approach needed to address widespread, recurrent malnutrition in Niger

• British actress Bonnie Wright visits Senegalese families in food crisis

• DfID helps Gambia buy food items for 45,000 citizens

• Soil fertility program helped Congolese farmers boost rice output

• Germany donates additional $2.5M for Gaza emergency food aid

• Which countries are most vulnerable to food insecurity?

• New US-led alliance targets 40 percent price reduction in rapid TB test kit

• Indonesia urged to improve neonatal checkups

• Global fight against polio gains $149,000 boost from Melinda Gates

• GAVI CEO expects to distribute China-made vaccines ‘soon’

• Traditional African leader on HIV and AIDS: ‘Enough is Enough’

• PPP potential: Booz & Co.’s assessment for Gulf countries

• Iran statistical information now available online on IMF system

• OCHA fact sheet: Humanitarian impact of ‘firing zones’ in West Bank

• After 6 years, Gaza power plant now fully operational

• Oxfam: Gaza’s water supply needs increasing

• Bob Carr: Australia commits more than $300M over 5 years to Palestinian Authority

• AGBU sets aside $1M emergency fund for Armenian community in Syria

• Danish Refugee Council expands relief efforts in Syria

• Ian Martin: Libya needs technical assistance, not donor conferences

• Top UN observer in Syria ‘extremely concerned’ over Aleppo situation

• UN blue helmets concerned over fighting in North Darfur

• UNFPA: Philippines still lags behind MDG5 target

• UN expert calls for ‘credible’ investigation into humanitarian situation in Rakhine

• Gucci supports UNICEF’s Schools for Asia initiative

• How US aid is helping human rights violators – and how to stop it

• To end aid dependency, help poor people develop the capacity to become ‘good fishermen’

• Research will investigate ICT use for protecting migrating children

• Why Australia should continue giving aid to Asia

• Zainab Usman: Family planning downplays governance issues

• Is mobile money the key to financial inclusion?

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