Development news roundup: USAID's multidisciplinary appraoch to development, Relief International in Myanmar, and more

Today, we reported:

• USAID’s ‘multidisciplinary’ approach to development

• Relief International signs health-focused agreement with Myanmar

• New Congress brings new leader, faces to House foreign affairs committee

• UK in India: From aid to trade

• US gives more aid as winter approaches in Syria

• Flood-hit Nigeria waits for aid

• Quake damages more than 100 homes in Myanmar

Other must reads:

• IMF chooses Mauritius to host regional training hub for sub-Saharan Africa

• New IDB call for proposals target innovations to boost people with disabilities’ access to finance

• EIB continues support for energy efficiency push in Romania 

• EBRD gives funding boost to Turkish businesswomen

• IDB loan to fund new, better schools in Costa Rica

• EIB allots $222.4M for Turkey’s knowledge economy

• Colombia to strengthen human capital formation system with a $100M IDB loan

• West must lift Rwanda aid freeze or risk crisis - AfDB

• Still no IMF-Egypt loan agreement

• A look at the EU’s future funding priorities in Slovakia

• IOM taps high fashion to raise funds for anti-human trafficking programs 

• EU allocates $80M to bring Kosovo closer to Europe

• UK aid packages: Which nations receive most cash from Britain?

• EU, Arab League ministers to meet in Egypt

• Annual Africa PPP forum to take place Nov. 14-16 in Nigeria

• Christopher Game is new Global Fund chief procurement officer

• Announcing the $25M AidData Center for Development Policy

• IFAD extends grant for food security programs in Democratic Republic of Congo

• UN, experts join forces in Ethiopia to forge nutrition solutions

• Chinese government gives Zimbabwe $15M worth of grain

• Haiti at risk of a ‘catastrophic food crisis’

• German development official affirms cooperation with indigenous people in Brazil

• Germany clarifies debt relief policy

• Bolivia secures $40M IDB loan for secondary education development project 

• Inspired by Malala, Pakistan launches education plan for children

• Tens of thousands of Syrian child refugees out of school, warns Save the Children

• E-9 countries aim to increase budget for education 

• South Korea allocates $51M for Africa’s education in next 2 years 

• US, South Africa launch $7.5M education program

• On World Pneumonia, a focus on vaccines, hygiene 

• WHO member states make progress on noncommunicable diseases

• Researchers express disappointment over anti-malaria vaccine’s efficacy

• Audit of USAID efforts to prevent, treat malaria in Benin a mix bag of results

• Ban Ki-moon highlights lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy

• Advancing Internet access in developing countries can help achieve sustainable economies – UN official

• UNICEF Japan goodwill ambassador Agnes Chan visits children in Palestinian territories

• UN Foundation, Girl Up Campaign rally support for girls’ education in honor of Malala Day

• After Sandy, world weighs in on disaster risk reduction

• On 1st field visit to Darfur, UN official flags need to do more with fewer resources

• Regional forum on IFAD’s operations in West and Central Africa focuses on impact

• Navi Pillay urges South Sudan to reverse expulsion of UN human rights officer

• OCHA, ARMM strengthen partnership on emergency response

• Myanmar, UNICEF sign cooperation agreement on child development

• UN urges greater focus on scientific development for peace

• Rwandan minister tips Burundi on aid, handling donors

• Tanzania, Gates Foundation launch 3 new initiatives to tackle deadly cassava diseases

• In-brief: Thousands at risk of polio in Somalia’s port city of Kismayo

• In Mozambique: ‘Development is coming, but the development is going to certain areas and certain people’ JICA sends emergency aid to flood-stricken Pakistan 

• Papua New Guinea to review migration law

• Canada PM announce new initiative to boost economic growth, jobs in Philippines 

• India’s fight for the right to education

• How a ‘village woman’ saved a Bangladeshi teen from pneumonia

• What rising TV ownership reveals about Africa’s future

• Setback for malaria vaccine: Time for an Advance Market Commitment approach?

• Rakhine crisis: Restricted humanitarian access and risk of radicalization

• Ford Foundation marks 50 years work in Kenya

• Does Vietnam need to change its approach to food security?

• Hillary’s next move

• Women fight to define the Arab Spring

• Monique Beadle to USAID: Invest half of foreign aid in local groups

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