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G8 told to get commitments to Africa back on track
T
he Africa Progress Panel,
chaired by Kofi Annan, is
demanding international action
to deal with the urgent threat of world
food prices, while also calling for G8
leaders to take immediate steps to get
their commitments to Africa back on
target.
The Africa Progress Panel’s report,
“Africa’s Development: Promises and
Prospects,” launched at press time by Kofi
Annan, Michel Camdessus and Tidjane
Thiam in London, states that the world
food crisis “threatens to destroy years, if
not decades, of economic progress” as
“100 million people are being pushed
back into absolute poverty.” “Unless some
way can be found to halt and reverse the
Kofi Annan Gordon Brown George W. Bush
current trend in food prices, there will be
and the host of this year’s G-8 summit must be undertaken to increase the production around the world.
a significant increase in hunger,
Japan (-30.1%). In the immediate term, quantity of food on international markets * Climate change - the G8 must
malnutrition, and in infant and child
the Africa Progress Panel wants G-8 and to provide greater financial assistance increase funding for renewable energy
mortality.”
members not only to make good on their to international agencies such as the and invest in adaptation and the
The Africa Progress Panel’s report also
pledge of development assistance, but also World Food Programme and to the prevention of deforestation.
warns that, despite progress on debt relief
to set a timetable for progress toward the governments of affected countries. * Infrastructure - cited by the private
and significant increases in assistance by
overall goal of doubling aid. * Aid levels and aid quality - G8 sector as its most serious constraint,
individual countries, “the G8’s
A key recommendation of the countries must urgently fund shortfalls strategies to connect farmers to markets
commitment to double assistance to
Commission for Africa Report, the against their targets to double assistance to must be developed in conjunction with
Africa by 2010 is not likely to be
eleven-member Africa Progress Panel was Africa by 2010; these increases must be efforts to increase access to water and
fulfilled.” The report identifies a shortfall
launched in 2007 as a unique and accompanied by clear timetables and improve sanitation.
of $40 billion in aid that needs to be filled
independent authority on Africa to focus increased transparency in order to * Good governance - while there has
if the G8 is to meet the targets set at
world leaders’ attention on delivering improve the quality of aid. been significant success in improving
Gleneagles.
their commitments to the continent. * Trade - countries must immediately governance, the resolution of current
As noted by the Organisation for
In the report, which assesses the state of review arrangements for stockpiling food, crises requires greater and more consistent
Economic Co-Operation and
the continent in 2008, the Panel members while a comprehensive rethinking of trade
Development, there is a marked drop off
highlight six policy areas requiring policy is needed to boost agricultural
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in aid this year with the biggest decline
immediate attention at the forthcoming
coming from France (-15.9%), Great
G8 Summit in Hokkaido, Japan:
Britain (-29.1%), United States (-9.9%)
* The food crisis - a range of measures
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