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Good week for
Karen Mundy, formerly the associate dean of research at the University of Toronto, who has been appointed chief technical officer at the Global Partnership for Education.
The World Bank Group, who announced its bank commitments increased by 16% from $52.6bn in fiscal year 2013 to $61bn in fiscal year 2014, after higher commitments from the different institutions within the group.
Bad week for
South Sudanese UN workers, were denied permission to board a UN plane from South Sudan to Uganda and had their passports confiscated, believed to be because of their ethnicity.
Zhang Shaojie, a Christian leader in central China, who has been jailed for 12 years amid an attempt by the government to clamp down on the region's fast growing Christian church.
Quote of the week
Here's a quote we spotted about Oxfam's Somalia campaign to push US banks not to close the remaining accounts of Somali-American money transfer companies. Senior Aljazeera correspondent Mohammed Adow has put his support behind the campaign that aims to protect the 40% of Somalis who rely on foreign transfers from family members to meet their basic needs.
What you’re saying
Our article on ‘9 things to remember before changing the world with a malaria vaccine’ highlighted the preparations needed before a successful vaccination campaign could happen. However, Matt Hann feels we may have overlooked some more basic provisions.
Numbers
100-150 white farmers remain in Zimbabwe today, as President Mugabe renews calls for them to hand over their land, after thousands of white farmers were forced out of the industry in the 1990s.
46 Indian nurses who were kidnapped from the Iraqi hospital where they were working have been freed after three weeks in captivity.
10 is the age Bolivian congress has sanctioned as acceptable for children to start working under new laws.
5 is the number of times Kenyans are more likely to be shot dead by police than by armed robbers.
Picture of the week
Milestones
The Swedish government has pledged $300,000 to Unctad in the wake of the signing of the World Trade Organisation's Trade Facilitation Agreement in Bali in 2013.
Egypt's first democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi was deposed by the military one year ago Thursday.
Four and a half years after the devastating earthquake in Haiti, 92% of the displaced population have now left the refugee camps.
Infographic
This week, our infographic is from the Global Post and highlights what disease causes the most deaths within each nation.
Reading List
- Economic Development in Africa Report 2014 - Unctad
- Perspectives on Global Development 2014: Boosting productivity to meet the middle-income challenge - OECD
- Running out of time: Survival of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon - FXB Center at Harvard University
- Future Oil Revenues and Political Dynamics in West and East Africa: A Slippery Slope? - SAIIA
- Modern-day slavery? Shopping mall in Singapore found to be selling housemaids like commodities - Al Jazeera
Coming next week: have your say
- Our live chat on Thursday 11 July is on taking technology projects to scale.Contact us at globaldevpros@theguardian.com to recommend someone for the panel.
- Let's talk about sex: next week we publish a feature looking at sex and humanitarian workers. Stay tuned!
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