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Africa and the Global Climate Deal
Climate change is not a crisis of Africa’s making, yet it is Africans, especially the poorest, who will suffer the first and the worst. Not only does it add yet another challenge for those struggling to combat extreme poverty and disease by exacerbating the conditions of poverty, but it threatens to erode the gains that have been made in recent years. MORE
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ONE’S Analysis of the Outcomes of the G20 Pittsburgh Summit
The Pittsburgh Summit on 25th September was another chance to highlight the need to bring Africa into the center of the global economic recovery. MORE
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Summary of Recommendations for the 2009 Pittsburgh G20 Summit
Host an Upcoming G20 in Africa: Africa must be integrated into discussions on the global economic recovery. Made up of 900 million potential producers and consumers, Africa has enormous potential to bring long-term benefits to the rest of the world. The continent offers untapped resources-agricultural potential, economic opportunities and energy supplies-that could help resolve many of the world's current challenges. The first task of the G20 must be to bring Africa and other developing nations into the center of the global economic recovery plan. To acknowledge the importance of Africa and take the first step towards cultivating the potential of the continent, the G20 should agree to hold an upcoming Summit in Africa. Doing so will showcase the importance of the continent as a world partner and emphasize that Africa must be a part of the solution....
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ONE'S ANALYSIS OF THE G8 L'AQUILA SUMMIT STATEMENTS
A total of seven documents were approved during this year's G8 Summit. One of the most significant agreements reached was the joint Declaration on Global Food Security, referred to as the "L'Aquila Food Security Initiative" (AFSI). With strong U.S. leadership, 40 government heads and international organizations committed to providing US$20 billion over three years to help farmers in poor countries boost productivity, signalling a new focus on sustainable agricultural investment previously absent from G8 communiqués. MORE
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Sparking Agricultural Development in Africa
Development assistance for agriculture could help provide the resources and the technical expertise to move smallholder farmers out of poverty, but development assistance for agriculture has declined dramatically in the last two-decades. Land-use policies and climate change have exacerbated the dire situation, as have the recent global food and financial crises. ONE urges development partners to implement the following recommendations: MORE
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2009 G8 L’Aquila: Recovering legitimacy on tackling global issues
The 2009 G8 Summit is a year before the Gleneagles commitments to the poorest are to be delivered. The G8 countries collectively need to deliver an average of an additional $7.2 billion of effective development assistance each year in 2009 and 2010, but G8 President Italy and France are falling dangerously behind on their commitments. MORE
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ONE’s Analysis of the G20 Communiqué, 2 April 2009
After difficult negotiations, the G20 summit yielded potentially significant gains to the world's poorest countries.
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Africans Speak Out
If you really want to know what Africans - leaders, policy makers and aid beneficiaries -- think about aid and what many Africans working on the ground to improve the lives of poor people think about Ms. Moyo's prescriptions, read these comments. MORE
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The Facts about Dead Aid by Dambisa Moyo
Dead Aid, a new book by economist Dambisa Moyo, claims that aid is the cause of all of Africa's problems. While ONE has never argued that development assistance is a panacea, the facts are clear that targeted aid does have a positive role to play in promoting development in the poorest countries - especially at this time of global economic crisis. This role must be seen alongside other prerequisites for progress: trade, private investment and improved governance. MORE
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ONE Policy Recommendations for the G20 London Summit
G20 leaders must include the poorest in any global solution to the current crisis, both because they will be hardest hit and because their economic growth can be part of the long term solution. MORE