What We’re Reading 4/13/09
Financial Times: Obama Can Make a Difference in Darfur
Jim Wallis, president of Sojourners and John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, say that President Barack Obama should now move to finally end the crisis in Sudan, rather than to respond to the immediate symptoms.
Op-Ed: Globe and Mail: Africans are escaping the worst of the global crisis
G. Pascal Zachary writes an Op-Ed stating that there are few hints of the global financial crisis in sub-Saharan Africa, although also says that “there are good reasons to believe that it is just a matter of time before Africa and its people experience the ill effects of the global crisis. From Ghana to Kenya, governments are having increased difficulty in raising money for infrastructure projects and selling official debt.”
The Daily Star: Trading the way out of crisis
The Doha trade deal can act as an insurance policy against protectionism.
Ghana Business News: Foreign aid: Recession renews donor debate
A piece in Ghana Business News states that the global recession is renewing a debate on aid. “Rather than phasing out aid, it is becoming clear that western governments will be asked to increase significantly the scope of support to avoid stagnation and a reversal of recently improved social indicators. As Jakaya Kikwete, the Tanzanian president, told the Financial Times last month: “In the 1980s and 1990s, we ended up losing almost 15 years of gains. We should not get back to that kind of situation.”
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April 13, 2009 at 4:54 pm
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