Thursday, August 25, 2005

Daily Times - Site Edition-VIEW: Africa needs free trade, not charity

Daily Times - Site Edition: "IEW: Africa needs free trade, not charity —Mary Robinson

The changes needed — in rich and poor countries alike — to lift millions of people out of poverty have nothing to do with charity. They are about fairness. They are about seeing our fates as one human family being increasingly interconnected. They are about granting all people the right to a decent livelihood

The leaders of the G-8 nations made some progress in fighting global poverty at the Gleneagles Summit in July through new commitments to increased aid and debt relief. No previous G-8 meeting has done as much to support development in the world’s poorest countries, particularly in Africa. "

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