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World Bank�s new strategy for Africa invites debate
30 November 2010, source: The Independent team URL: http://www.independent.co.ug/index.php/business/business-news/54-business-news/3697-world-banks-new-strategy-for-africa-invites-debate-
`Africa’s private sector growth has not been sufficiently poverty-reducing’
The statistics it uses are still gloomy but a draft of the new World Bank strategy for Africa is over-flowing with optimism.Africa in 2010 has an unprecedented opportunity for transformation and sustained growth, says the strategy released in Washington DC on Nov... Read more...
Pretoria — President Jacob Zuma has challenged African countries to transform their agricultural industries into engines for economic growth and poverty eradication.Speaking at the Third Africa-European Union summit in Tripoli, Libya, Zuma said the state of a country's agriculture sector was directly linked to poverty levels, and determined the extent to which Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) could be achieved... Read more...
With the African Union declaring the period 2010-20 to be the African Women's Decade (AWD), Monica Ighorodje considers what the decade means for women's rights activists and civil society organisations across Africa.
The African Women's Decade 2010-20 (AWD) is a remarkable event for African women and a commendation to the African Union for the recognition of the needs, concerns and agency of women in Africa... Read more...
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