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1.	Continent must produce or perish
	Author: Philip Emeagwali	Date Written: 12 May 2008
	Primary Category: Economic Justice	Document Origin: The New Times, Kigali
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL:
	Key Words: intellectual capital, poverty, manufacturing, technology, telecommuting
	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
2.	Uganda: High food prices - a blessing or curse?
	Author: Dr Godfrey Asiimwe	Date Written: 9 May 2008
	Primary Category: Economic Justice	Document Origin: The Monitor, Kampala
	Secondary Category: Eastern Region	Source URL:
	Key Words: Uganda, food crisis
	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
3.	Afrrican Development Bank fights food crisis with fresh $1bn
	Author: Omoh Gabriel	Date Written: 5 May 2008
	Primary Category: Economic Justice	Document Origin: The Vanguard (Lagos)
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.allafrica.com
	Key Words: African Development Bank, Food Crisis, emergency aid
	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
4.	Final Report:: Changing face of global development finance
	Author: The Halifax Initiative	Date Written: 23 April 2008
	Primary Category: Economic Justice	Document Origin: The Halifax Initiative
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.halifaxinitiative.org
	Key Words: Aid, development finance, alternative financing
	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
5.	Increasing international financial and technical cooperation for development
	Author: NGO Statement	Date Written: 18 April 2008
	Primary Category: Economic Justice	Document Origin: Afrodad,
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.afrodad.org
	Key Words: Development, ODA, new institutions, transaction tax, transparency.
	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 . . . [expand]
6.	Food alarm and new proposals
	Author: World Bank Press Release	Date Written: 11 April 2008
	Primary Category: Economic Justice	Document Origin: via AfricaFocus Bulletin
	Secondary Category: Human Rights	Source URL: http://www.africafocus.org
	Key Words: Food prices, World Bank, crisis
	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
7.	India takes on China in Africa
	Author: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta	Date Written: 8 April 2008
	Primary Category: Economic Justice	Document Origin: Pambazuka News
	Secondary Category: Africa General	Source URL: http://www.pambazuka.org
	Key Words: India, South-South Cooperation, China
	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 . . . [expand]