What We’re Reading 4/9/09

Apr 9th, 2009 1:02 PM UTC
By Chandler Smith

Washington Post: Keeping Africa’s Turnaround on Track (op-ed, Pres. Johnson-Sirleaf)
The President of Liberia writes in today’s Washington Post. She acknowledges that the key to progress is stronger African leadership and more accountable governance. She also looks at how African economies need a boost to keep their progress on track. The Group of 20 meeting last week produced a helpful first step, she says, and outlines five additional critical steps for moving forward.

Washington Post: PEPFAR’s Success (editorial)
Using the Stanford study as evidence, the Washington Post praises the PEPFAR program and relates how a Bush administration initiative to combat HIV/AIDS is saving lives.

New York Times: Homegrown Aid (op-ed, Jeffrey Sachs)
As President Obama tackles hunger and instability in vulnerable areas around the world, he should work to empower recipient governments to map their own path to development, says Jeffrey Sachs. “Mr. Obama’s new initiative could be a major pillar of a strategy that is based on generosity, good science and rigorous management.”

AllAfrica.com: Kenya: Coalition Cracks Threaten Stability
Deepening rifts in Kenya’s coalition government and a failure to press ahead with promised reforms have given rise to fears that the country could slide back into the kind of violence that claimed more than 1,000 lives and forced about half a million people from their homes after elections in December 2007.

-Chandler Smith

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