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    Development news roundup: World Bank's maternal health strategy, new UK disaster response facility, and more

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 07 March 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • The World Bank: A ‘global leader’ in maternal health?

    • UK disaster response facility melds private sector, NGO expertise

    • Why development of Africa’s agriculture markets matters

    • Donald Payne succumbs to colon cancer

    • 2 African countries secure World Bank support

    • The challenges in measuring aid to agriculture

    Other must-reads:

    • Ban calls for greater women’s participation in business

    • Challenges in implementing laws on women’s rights in Pakistan

    • 5 priorities in putting nutrition to food systems

    • Developing countries to earn emission reduction credits in new climate scheme

    • UK and partners to hold family planning summit in London in July

    • Alexander Downer to Bob Carr: ‘Focus on Asia-Pacific’

    • Pakistanis protest shutdown of French NGO

    • Sudan tells US to quit ‘famine propaganda’

    • Kevin Rafferty says Zoellick’s successor should be a ‘big beast’

    • Blogger asks: What are the odds of meeting the remaining 6 MDGs?

    • IYF CEO lauds Hillary Clinton’s speech on empowering today’s youth

    • Pew Global Attitudes Project scrutinizes America’s ‘aid effect’

    • At the World Bank blog: The role of mobile phones in women empowerment

    • PSI VP wonders, will there be Facebook if Mark Zuckerberg Were Born A Girl In Rwanda?

    • The US will be sending food aid to North Korea. IHT Rendezvous asks: Made in China?

    • World Bank to support Palestinian territories’ development with $40M in grant

    • World Bank $100M loan to benefit poor farmers in Pernambuco, Brazil

    • Piauí Green Growth and Inclusion Project in Brazil to receive $350M World Bank loan

    • World Bank approves $150M additional financing for Pakistan safety net project

    • World Bank initiative to improve broadband connectivity in MENA

    • WFP, HIAS agreement to benefit refugees in Ecuador

    • UN Women executive director highlights gender inequities in public, private sectors

    • Japan donates $13.6M to Afghanistan

    • AfDB reports on slow, mixed progress in Africa on access to safe, clean water

    • MSF back in DRC town of Shamwana

    • Congolese capital faces humanitarian emergency amid conflict

    • US donates $2.5M to new IOM fund

    • Chadian migrants await aid after fleeing conflict in Nigeria

    • New Australia aid supports rural development, food security initiative in Africa

    • Koran burning hampers aid work in Afghanistan

    • Japan to provide $12M for development projects in Sri Lanka

    • Published: New ‘roadmaps’ to track progress in malaria control in 17 countries

    • CGIAR Consortium now an international organization

    • ICRC calls for more action to help women with missing loved ones

    Read more development aid news online, and subscribe to The Development Newswire to receive top international development headlines from the world’s leading donors, news sources and opinion leaders — emailed to you FREE every business day.

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    • Jenny Lei Ravelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo@JennyLeiRavelo

      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

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