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| | | DEVELOPMENT BUZZ |
 For the international development community, 2013 was a year to restructure, diversify funding streams, "go local." Everyone seemed to pursue local solutions, strengthen country systems, improve governance.
There was promising news on a variety of global health indicators — on malaria-related deaths among children, say, or the availability of antiretrovirals. But maternal health gains remain slow, polio is making a resurgence, and the nexus of animal and human health remains underfunded, despite a few promising pilot projects.
The global response to climate change has been a mixed bag: A high-level panel appointed by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended inclusive, sustainable development goals to succeed the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals, which expire in two years. The U.N. Environmental Program is consolidating power, outcome uncertain. Climate negotiations fizzled.
The aid community is rushing to engage the private sector now — a trend that would have seemed unthinkable 10, perhaps even five years ago. The U.S. Agency for International Development, which survived bruising budget battles and a government shutdown largely unscathed, led the way, and Administrator Rajiv Shah is getting ready to enshrine the agency's renewed spirit in a merged "institute" for science, technology and innovation.
| | | PHOTO OF THE WEEK | 10 favorite development images of 2013
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Devex uses images and stories to show development in action. Here are the 10 images, shared with us in 2013 by aid groups from around the globe, which were the most "liked" on Facebook.
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| |  "If you assume that a lack of conflict is equal to peace, then this is a false assumption." Who said this? Click here to find out and look back at the top 10 global development quotes of 2013.
| | | #INNOV8AID |
 There's no shortage of innovative ideas to protect the environment and lift people out of poverty, and Devex is proud to highlight some of them. Here are 10 of the #innov8aid solutions we featured in 2013. Click the slideshow to find out more.
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| | | VUVUZELA |  Investments in agricultural development can be risky, and over the past week, Devex readers had mixed reactions to a new initiative to manage those risks. The Platform for Agricultural Risk Management is designed to come up with a holistic, demand-driven approach to managing agricultural risks with standardized methodology and processes that could be integrated in national policies. It also calls for the creation of platforms that will engage stakeholders in agricultural development, according to a report by Devex correspondent Elena Pasquini. What do Devex members think about the initiative? Read more and join the conversation! | | | | | | |
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