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Africa's
Development: Promises & Prospects
Report
of the Africa Progress Panel 2008
Preface
Four crises dominate the global economy today - a financial crisis in the
developed countries, an energy crisis that is worsening by the day, climate
change which is becoming both better understood and more urgent, and a food
crisis which is devastating to the world’s poorest citizens. We have missed
early opportunities to deal with the first two crises. It is imperative that we
meet the challenge of the third and take immediate steps to address the fourth.
And indeed these crises are linked- increasing the world’s supply of food will
require substantial resources as well as a re-thinking of policies towards aid,
trade, energy, and climate change.
Against the background of these immediate challenges, the substantial progress
that Africa has made in recent years is threatened. Climatic and geographic
factors are exacerbating the problem of food shortages and of other economic or
disaster-related shocks. It may not be easy to overcome these problems, but the
world has a stake in realising the African continent’s huge potential to
thrive. The international community has expressed a common ambition to see
Africa become a well-governed, peaceful, secure, stable and prosperous continent.
Africa’s leaders and their development partners have undertaken precise
commitments in support of this aim.
The objective of the report of the Africa Progress Panel is to
examine the state of the continent in 2008, to focus world leaders’ attention
on delivering on existing commitments and to mobilise resources to deal with
new challenges, in particular the crisis in food production. The Panel has
drawn on the work of various institutions and eminent individuals working on
African issues to present an independent assessment of progress. We have
strived to combine these assessments with our experience and judgement to
highlight pressing concerns, inspire honest debate amongst leaders and civil
society, and prompt effective action.
I am honoured to chair this Panel and I invite all of you who share our vision
for Africa to read and act on this report.
Kofi Annan
Chair
Africa Progress Panel
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2008 Report - Africa's Development: Promises & Prospects
Report of the Africa Progress Panel 2008
Findings and Recommendations
Conclusions et Recommandations
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