An Agenda for Progress at a Time of Global Crisis: A Call for African Leadership

Author:
Africa Progress Panel
Publisher:
Africa Progress Panel
Publication Date:
10 June 2009
Tags:
Africa, Economy, Business and Finance, Environment

The financial meltdown that evolved into an economic recession has now become a development crisis. Combined with the food crisis, the volatility in fuel costs and climate change, it threatens to reverse Africa's recent progress and endangers its people's lives. The prospect of reaching the MDGs by 2015, already a cause for serious concern, now looks even more distant.

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