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    Development news roundup: What Obama’s re-election means for US foreign aid, Jim Yong Kim’s Haiti visit, and more

    By Devex Editor // 08 November 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • What Obama’s re-election means for US foreign aid

    • Jim Yong Kim’s ‘development-packed’ Haiti visit

    • MCC impact evaluations: A model for USAID?

    • Dozens dead in Guatemalan earthquake

    • 2nd call: Proposals for AfDB microfinance fund

    Other must reads:

    • EBRD looks at transition challenges of southern, eastern Mediterranean countries

    • Breakdown of EU aid package for focus sectors in Somalia

    • UK to provide aid to Myanmar IDPs

    • World Bank discusses future Niger development road map with stakeholders

    • ADB Vice President Stephen Groff on challenges, opportunities in Pacific

    • MCC releases annual scorecard

    • Australia announces further aid for Rakhine state

    • ADB to help mitigate Lower Mekong Basin droughts, floods

    • Kenya urged to build on momentum of new constitution to address deforestation

    • EBRD calls for expanding access to new eurozone banking union

    • JICA sends emergency aid to Cuba

    • USAID hosts economic skills training for youth in Nepal

    • East African community radios trained to combat HIV and AIDS

    • WFP appeals for $20M for post-hurricane response in Haiti

    • Guinea secures AfDB debt relief

    • South African countries weigh in on new AfDB human capital strategy

    • Dirk Niebel regrets closure of the Office of the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Ethiopia

    • IDB hosts seminar on Social Innovations for Human Capital Development

    • IDB: More transparency means less corruption

    • Argentinian province’s sustainable tourism program gets IDB boost

    • UN Women doles out $8M in grants to fight violence against women

    • Hillary Clinton, Rajiv Shah launch science and innovation partnership

    • WHO reports yellow fever outbreak in Darfur, Sudan

    • WFP head praises Lebanon’s efforts for Syrian refugees

    • UNICEF and partners in a race to deliver clean drinking water in Lebanon

    • $40.8M in ADB loans, grants to fund Laos urban development project

    • How unfulfilled global pledges hurt fight against global hunger

    • Is Syrian government seizing foreign aid?

    • In light of NGO restrictions, cooperatives championed in Ethiopia

    • US businesses still have lion’s share of UN dollars

    • Thein Sein: Myanmar to halve poverty, hunger by 2015

    • Developing countries exchange ISO 26000 experience at ISO workshop

    • UN to Nigeria: Force foreign oil firms to clean up environment

    • Vietnam eyes stronger economic ties with Uruguay

    • Algeria to receive $74M in EU grants

    • Jeffrey Sachs: UN intends to eradicate extreme poverty in Africa by 2030

    • $100M IsDB loan to modernize 2 Uzbekistan hydropower plants

    • ODI hosts forum on ‘development cooperation in tomorrow’s world’

    • Pacific makes steady progress on child mortality despite poverty

    • World Vision Australia: Developing nations need climate aid

    • Irish aid official pledges to get to bottom of Uganda aid fraud case

    • Study: Climate change impact on Africa, Asia crops could be worse than expected

    • IRD reached 42 additional countries in 2011, annual report says

    • How Plan International USA supports development efforts for the youth

    • Ease of doing business is not the same as poverty alleviation

    • What lessons can Sandy teach?

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