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  • Financing Africa’s Climate Action

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    By Mukupa Nsenduluka & Rachel Etter-Phoya from Tax Justice Network 22 May 2024, here Africa has contributed the least to global warming, yet millions of African people are facing the most severe impacts of the climate crisis. To combat these challenges – stopping floodwaters, feeding starving people, and increasing the resilience of the public sector –…

  • Trade Liberalisation kicked away African Development Ladder

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    By Jomo Kwame Sundaram in IDEAS (originally IPS), 9 May 2024 Africans have long been promised trade liberalisation would accelerate growth and structural transformation. Instead, it has cut its modest production capacities, industry and food security. Berg helped sink Africa The 1981 Berg Report was long the World Bank blueprint for African economic reform. Despite lacking support…

  • Trade Liberalisation Kicked Away African Development Ladder

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    By Jomo Kwame Sundaram in IPS 8 May 2024 Africans have long been promised trade liberalisation would accelerate growth and structural transformation. Instead, it has cut its modest production capacities, industry and food security. Berg helped sink AfricaThe 1981 Berg Report was long the World Bank blueprint for African economic reform. Despite lacking support in theory and…