Ramping Up: Africa and the MDGs
It’s been a historical week in international development as leaders worldwide have ramped up discussions around meeting the 2015 Millennium Development Goals. Increasingly (though not exclusively) Africa-specific concerns, the MDG conversation has generated some significant news over the past few days. Below are links to the buzz:
- Yesterday’s UN Summit on the 2015 MDGs, a mid-way progress assessment. This site provides a variety of resources, including a link to the 2008 MDG report, information about targets and progress, and Africa-specific action items.
- Q & A with Bono.
- A $3 billion boost to fight malaria in a partnership between the Gates Foundation, Global Fund, World Bank, British government and others.
- Live broadcasts from this week’s 2008 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting.
- The World Bank has redrawn the poverty line according to new metrics on cost of living. Implications: previous assessments underestimated the poverty incidence throughout the developing world.
- Paul Collier’s NY Times op-ed “A Measure of Hope.” (Hat-tip: AfricaCan blog). Key Points: economic growth and divergence can happen concurrently, the great success of MDGs as international coordination for a poverty strategy, and a very interesting discussion about the importance of “credible hope.”
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