Three ugly developments in Africa have weakened its case on the eve of a G-20 summit at which the continent will seek attention from the world’s economic and financial leaders.
What Africa will want is financial help to soften the blow from the recession. Africa is perhaps the part of the world least able to sustain the setback. Its countries are feeling the effects of the downturn and their governments have few, if any, resources to put into economic stimulus packages.
Their case will be appealing but Africa is hard to help, to some extent because of what it does to itself or, more precisely, what its leaders do. Three recent cases are examples….
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Africa calling: The G-20 will get a special plea from the continent
Three ugly developments in Africa have weakened its case on the eve of a G-20 summit at which the continent will seek attention from the world’s economic and financial leaders.
What Africa will want is financial help to soften the blow from the recession. Africa is perhaps the part of the world least able to sustain the setback. Its countries are feeling the effects of the downturn and their governments have few, if any, resources to put into economic stimulus packages.
Their case will be appealing but Africa is hard to help, to some extent because of what it does to itself or, more precisely, what its leaders do. Three recent cases are examples….
Read it all.