The global economic crisis has made the goal of saving the world’s poor slip from difficult to very doubtful. But former French foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy says the situation could easily be saved by widening the use of cheap but widespread travel taxes
China needs to make sure that its economic co-operation brings lasting benefits to Africa’s people in the form of development and better governance. Otherwise the relationship is in danger of souring, warns René N’Guettia Kouassi.
It’s not too late to rescue the UN’s Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) from failure, says Antonio Vigilante. But it will demand a major effort and the leadership of the EU for the ill-effects of the global economic crisis to be reversed