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A Year After the Gleneagles G8: How Has Africa Fared? |
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News
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Monday, 26 June 2006 |
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It has been a year since leaders at the G8 summit in Gleneagles agreed to cancel the debts owed by fourteen African countries. Such a focus on Africa's needs at the last G8 was an encouraging milestone for poverty relief advocates who understand the crippling effects of debt and trade regulations. The fear, however, is that the world's most powerful nations are failing to meet such pledges. Prime Minister Tony Blair announced today that a panel, funded and monitored in part by Bill Gates, will be created to investigate the efforts of the last year. The panel will be chaired by Kofi Annan, Bob Geldof, and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, among others.
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Zambia Uses G8 Debt Cancellation to Provide Free Health Care to Poor |
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Commentary
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Monday, 03 April 2006 |
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From www.africafocus.org: "The government of Zambia today (1 April) introduced free health care for people living in rural areas, scrapping fees which for years had made health care inaccessible for millions. The move was made possible using money from the debt cancellation and aid increases agreed at the G8 in Gleneagles last July..."
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Is the World Bank's Word Good Enough? |
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Commentary
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Wednesday, 29 March 2006 |
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TESTIMONY Committee on Foreign Relations (United States Senate) It is a privilege to appear before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The World Bank has just changed the name of its Operations Evaluation Department. This sends a clear signal that the Bank has no intention of changing its ways.
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