The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation hosted its annual development gathering on climate and biodiversity yesterday. But all did not go according to plan when it was severely scolded for “moral and economic madness.”
Also in today’s edition: We look at how the Medicines Patent Pool will accelerate access to medicine in lower-income nations, and a few details on Australia’s development policy.
Join us: On Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. EAT (4 p.m. WAT/10 a.m. ET), we’ll be hosting a Twitter Spaces conversation on what are the top priorities for the new Africa CDC chief.
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Helen Murphy
Helen is an award-winning journalist and Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development in the Americas. Based in Colombia, she previously covered war, politics, financial markets, and general news for Reuters, where she headed the bureau, and for Bloomberg in Colombia and Argentina, where she witnessed the financial meltdown. She started her career in London as a reporter for Euromoney Publications before moving to Hong Kong to work for a daily newspaper.
