Why Africa? Final Edition

The African leaders introduced NEPAD to the G8 Summit at Genoa in 2001. The G8 leadership responded by promising to develop a reply for Africa to support the efforts at development being made by the leaders of that continent. At the Kananaskis Summit, leaders of the G8 countries (Germany, Canada, th...

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Published inRecord (Sherbrooke)
Main Author Paradis, Denis
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sherbrooke, Que Postmedia Network Inc 02.07.2002
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Chretien, Jean
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Summary:The African leaders introduced NEPAD to the G8 Summit at Genoa in 2001. The G8 leadership responded by promising to develop a reply for Africa to support the efforts at development being made by the leaders of that continent. At the Kananaskis Summit, leaders of the G8 countries (Germany, Canada, the US, France, Italy, Japan, the UK and Russia) will also table a response to NEPAD's action plan. There is talk of a historic occasion to define new relationships between the major industrialized countries and Africa. The G8's African initiative is an unprecedented opportunity that may never recur. Prime Minister [Jean Chretien] intends to ensure the Summit concludes with a solid action plan for Africa and increased equity in trade between Africa and the G8. This is essential for the achievement of viable long- term development. We have to do more! As Prime Minister Jean Chretien has said, for Africa to really prosper we have to open up our markets, which means sacrifices. But we have to do this in a team with our G8 partners and chiefly our U.S. neighbour. Making progress in governance, democracy and human rights, investing in education and health while at the same time overcoming the "digital divide" that separates the industrialized from the developing countries. This is an immense challenge for the peoples and economies of Africa.
ISSN:0841-6869