Comments on: Japan Vows to Double African Aid http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/28/japan-vows-to-double-african-aid/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:41:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Debbie K http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/28/japan-vows-to-double-african-aid/#comment-543767 Debbie K Wed, 28 May 2008 22:52:39 +0000 http://www.one.org/blog/2008/05/28/japan-vows-to-double-african-aid/#comment-543767 Thanks Virginia for these article update but I don't know if it tells the whole truth behind the numbers being thrown around at TICAD. I checked the DATA website but no update there yet regarding the progress (or lack of) being made at TICAD but here is an excerpt from an article that I found at Yahoo this morning about what Bono is supposed to have said regarding the Japanese offer so far. (It's from a website called Earthtimes.org) "Tokyo - Irish band U2 vocalist Bono urged Japan to increase not only bilateral but also multilateral aid to African nations, Bono's advocacy group Data said Wednesday. Bilateral official development aid (ODA) accounts for about half of Japan's aid to Africa, while the rest of foreign aid goes through institutions such as the World Bank, the Global Fund, African Development Bank and the UN. "It is misleading to announce a doubling of ODA, and dash the hopes of AIDS sufferers who discover they are not included in such doubling of aid," Bono said. The musician also stressed the urgent need for the Group of Eight, to take concrete steps to address the food crisis through investment in African agriculture. Japan will host the next G8 meeting in Toyako in July....." So I don't know what to think about the Japanese offer so far. It looks like it's not all that it's made out to be. Maybe we can get an update soon about TICAD from DATA at the Conference. ONE HEART, ONE HOPE, ONE VOICE, ONE LOVE - debbie :) www.mpwn-uganda.org Thanks Virginia for these article update but I don’t know if it tells the whole truth behind the numbers being thrown around at TICAD.

I checked the DATA website but no update there yet regarding the progress (or lack of) being made at TICAD but here is an excerpt from an article that I found at Yahoo this morning about what Bono is supposed to have said regarding the Japanese offer so far. (It’s from a website called Earthtimes.org)

“Tokyo – Irish band U2 vocalist Bono urged Japan to increase not only bilateral but also multilateral aid to African nations, Bono’s advocacy group Data said Wednesday. Bilateral official development aid (ODA) accounts for about half of Japan’s aid to Africa, while the rest of foreign aid goes through institutions such as the World Bank, the Global Fund, African Development Bank and the UN.

“It is misleading to announce a doubling of ODA, and dash the hopes of AIDS sufferers who discover they are not included in such doubling of aid,” Bono said.

The musician also stressed the urgent need for the Group of Eight, to take concrete steps to address the food crisis through investment in African agriculture. Japan will host the next G8 meeting in Toyako in July…..”

So I don’t know what to think about the Japanese offer so far. It looks like it’s not all that it’s made out to be.

Maybe we can get an update soon about TICAD from DATA at the Conference.

ONE HEART, ONE HOPE, ONE VOICE, ONE LOVE – debbie :)
http://www.mpwn-uganda.org

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