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Africa:
Bill Gates Calls on G20 Leaders Not to Turn Their Backs on the World's Poor
Gates Foundation, 4 November 2011
Report highlights role of innovation in expanding development resources for the future Read more »
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Africa:
Bill Gates Welcomes G20 Commitments on Development and Food
Gates Foundation, 6 November 2011
Bill Gates welcomed the G20 leaders’ Communiqué, particularly the strong commitments to move forward in critical areas of global development and food security. Read more »
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Africa:
Africa Progress Panel Statement On the G20 Summit in Cannes
Africa Progress Panel, 4 November 2011
Ahead of this year's G20 Summit in Cannes, one of the few things that we could all agree on was that global affairs can no longer be managed with the traditional business-as-usual… Read more »
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Africa:
We Need Another Gleneagles Moment - Annan
Africa Progress Panel, 2 November 2011
The Gleneagles Summit of 2005 reinvigorated the G8 and turned an emerging consensus on international development into concrete commitments to the poor. While G8 discussions have… Read more »
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Africa:
The G20 Needs to Address Infrastructure Deficit
Africa Progress Panel, 1 November 2011
Lack of sufficient and reliable infrastructure continues to weigh heavy among Africa's many problems. Anyone trying to do business in Africa will tell you of their daily struggles… Read more »
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Africa:
The G20 Needs to Unlock Investment to Drive Growth
Africa Progress Panel, 31 October 2011
Africa’s problems have long dominated its image and the view of investors, resulting in considerably less focus than was warranted by the potential rewards. However, recent… Read more »
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Africa:
The G20 Needs to Facilitate Private Sector-led Growth
Africa Progress Panel, 28 October 2011
Across the world, private-sector engagement has become the main driver of economic and social progress. Africa is no exception here. Most of the continent’s economies are… Read more »
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Africa:
Can the G20 Deliver on its Macroeconomic Promises?
Africa Progress Panel, 27 October 2011
The clear macroeconomic priority for 2011 is for the G20 to deliver on the promises contained in the concluding statement of last year’s Seoul Summit. This will demonstrate… Read more »
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Africa:
International Monetary System Reform Urged
Africa Progress Panel, 26 October 2011
Africa’s quickly brightening economic outlook should not make us forget about the need to better integrate it into a reformed international monetary system. Read more »
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Africa:
G20 Must Insist on Transparent Deals - Bob Geldof
Africa Progress Panel, 25 October 2011
Six years ago, prompted by the massed global ranks of the Make Poverty History movement, the G8 signed up to a series of historic commitments to tackle poverty in Africa. Read more »
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Africa:
Good Governance Is Key for Africa's Development
Africa Progress Panel, 25 October 2011
We at the Africa Progress Panel consider good governance, both on the continent and across the rest of the world, as the key enabling factor for Africa's development. While we have… Read more »
