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    Development news roundup: Egypt's IMF loan, powerful women in development, and more

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 23 August 2012

    Today, we reported:

    • A step closer toward a $4.8B loan

    • The most powerful women in development

    • What is the Agaciro Development Fund?

    • Some aid workers freed in Myanmar

    • On the agenda: Africa’s pastoralist communities

    • A new poverty alleviation measure: Taxes

    Other must-reads:

    • Heidi Hautala: Understand ‘connections between foreign, security, development, trade and economic policies’

    • Valerie Amos to donors: Boost humanitarian funding for Syria

    • Australia contributes $6.7M to help the plight of abused women in developing countries

    • EU welcomes Russia’s WTO accession after 18 years of negotiations

    • The Global Fund and AusAID: Saving lives by fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria

    • IFC helps India’s small businesses gain access to credit

    • World Bank, Tonga sign $2.9M grant agreement to improve access to electricity and lower costs

    • Ebola kills 10 in Congo

    • Brazil’s rice donation to WFP for Bangladesh marks start of ‘very strong South-South partnership’

    • UN human rights expert calls on US to consult with indigenous people over land sale

    • Despite progress, Chile still faces challenges with enforced disappearances – UN experts

    • Programs in Bhutan, Colombia, Indonesia and Rwanda win 2012 UNESCO literacy prize

    • Two blue helmets ‘gone missing’ in North Darfur, UNAMID says

    • Peace Corps volunteer helps build classroom for students with disabilities in Peru

    • WHO: Cholera outbreak spreading in Sierra Leone

    • Brazil, IDB and FIA promote road safety initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Germany offers ‘comprehensive support package’ to Malawi

    • IFC invests $10M in Mexico’s 1st green hospital

    • Through knowledge sharing, Kenyan officials learn how to deal with SME promotion challenges

    • Under Global Fund’s transitional mechanism, tuberculosis grants will receive 25 percent of approved funding

    • Human Rights Watch to Bangladesh: Assist, protect Rohingya refugees

    • Meeting health MDGs ‘a mirage’ until health bill is signed – Nigerian foundation

    • World Vision Australia reiterates commitment in eradicating tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea

    • MCC supplies more than 2,000 solar panels to Tanzanian region

    • Rockefeller Foundation supports center for excellence in health in Rwanda

    • Italian embassy to continue funding immunization programs in Zimbabwe

    • ‘Humanitarian Reporting’ workshop highlighted role of media, humanitarian organizations in emergencies

    • Australia will provide skills training to boost income, employment opportunities in Rwanda

    • ‘Mysterious’ but noncontagious AIDS-like disease spreading in Asia

    • Save the Children launches new campaign to address hunger in the Sahel

    • In rare public rebuke, UN chief tells Iranian leaders to tone down rhetoric

    • Pop stars join growing effort to aid the poor

    • ECOWAS, partners evaluate refugee integration and resettlement projects in Guinea

    • AfDB sets up $11M IT research centers for students in Nigeria

    • UN: 31 killed since July in Niger floods

    • Soaring number of West Nile Virus cases set to increase with climate change

    • With Australia’s help, teaching children with disabilities will soon be part of Fiji’s education system

    • African Green Revolution Forum to be held Sept. 26-28

    • Infographic: Aid workers in harm’s way

    • How has armed conflict affected meeting the Millennium Development Goals?

    • Dirty work: The environmental impact of DAC and non-DAC donor projects

    • Is reduced fertility increasing inequity?

    • Chris Sheach: More to do, but ‘the dream of safe housing is much closer for most Haitians’

    • NYT: An attack on Grameen Bank, and the cause of women

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      About the author

      • 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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