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Continent must produce or perish
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Author: Philip Emeagwali
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Date Written: 12 May 2008
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Primary Category:
Economic Justice
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Document Origin: The New Times, Kigali
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Secondary Category:
Africa General
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Source URL:
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Key Words: intellectual capital, poverty, manufacturing, technology, telecommuting
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Summary & Comment:
Poverty is not an absence of money; rather, it results from an absence of knowledge, says the author in this excerpt from a speech. He discusses the relationship between poverty and intellectual capital and argues that Africa must move away from dependency on natural resources sooner rather than later and invest more in education. JP
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Uganda: High food prices - a blessing or curse?
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Author: Dr Godfrey Asiimwe
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Date Written: 9 May 2008
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Primary Category:
Economic Justice
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Document Origin: The Monitor, Kampala
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Secondary Category:
Eastern Region
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Source URL:
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Key Words: Uganda, food crisis
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Summary & Comment:
The author examines the market forces that continue to threaten the socio-economic conditions of many Ugandans. Moreover, he is critical of the government’s inaction to counter rising commodity prices. J_PT
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Afrrican Development Bank fights food crisis with fresh $1bn
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Author: Omoh Gabriel
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Date Written: 5 May 2008
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Primary Category:
Economic Justice
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Document Origin: The Vanguard (Lagos)
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Secondary Category:
Human Rights
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Source URL:
http://www.allafrica.com
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Key Words: African Development Bank, Food Crisis, emergency aid
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Summary & Comment:
The African Development Bank announced that it had pledged an additional $1 billion dollars to combat the current food crisis. Short term assistance is vital but it can not continue to replace long term commitment to solving this crisis through greater understanding of the root causes. JP
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Final Report:: Changing face of global development finance
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Author: The Halifax Initiative
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Date Written: 23 April 2008
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Primary Category:
Economic Justice
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Document Origin: The Halifax Initiative
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Secondary Category:
Africa General
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Source URL:
http://www.halifaxinitiative.org
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Key Words: Aid, development finance, alternative financing
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Summary & Comment:
The final report from a 2 day conference in Ottawa that included themes on development finance, aid effectiveness, and alternatives available to institutions. A link to the full report is available. JP
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Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development
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Author: NGO Statement
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Date Written: 18 April 2008
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Primary Category:
Economic Justice
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Document Origin: Afrodad,
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Secondary Category:
Africa General
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Source URL:
http://www.afrodad.org
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Key Words: Development, ODA, new institutions, transaction tax, transparency.
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Summary & Comment:
An NGO Statement from an Informal Review Session on Chapter IV -"Increasing International Financial And Technical Cooperation For Development" - 15th – 16th April 2008
AFRODAD and EURODAD co-ordinated this NGO statement for the review of chapter 4 of the Financing For Development meeting currently underway at the UN,(April 08). This rel . . .
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Food alarm and new proposals
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Author: World Bank Press Release
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Date Written: 11 April 2008
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Primary Category:
Economic Justice
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Document Origin: via AfricaFocus Bulletin
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Secondary Category:
Human Rights
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Source URL:
http://www.africafocus.org
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Key Words: Food prices, World Bank, crisis
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Summary & Comment:
...the poor spend as much as 75 percent of their income on food... is the bottom line of the current crisis surrounding increases in food prices. The head of the World Bank recently addressed this issue calling for greater action. JP
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India takes on China in Africa
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Author: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
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Date Written: 8 April 2008
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Primary Category:
Economic Justice
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Document Origin: Pambazuka News
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Secondary Category:
Africa General
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Source URL:
http://www.pambazuka.org
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Key Words: India, South-South Cooperation, China
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Summary & Comment:
India has a growing presence in Africa, while not as large as the USA, Europe or even China, it does offer an alternative avenue for further South-to-South cooperation. Even though the current level of trade between the two parties is relatively small, the recent New Delhi Summit was geared towards fostering closer relationships between India and A . . .
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