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Scaling up development efforts for Africa: a global partnership for development is vital for the region.

Publication: UN Chronicle
Publication Date: 01-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) constitute a shared vision of global partnership based on mutual accountability. Developing countries have the primary responsibility for achieving these Goals. But the international community acknowledges that for poor countries to achieve them, a reinforced partnership is critical, including scaled-up and more effective aid, more sustainable debt relief and fairer trade rules, as well as improved access to affordable drugs, addressing the special needs of landlocked and small island developing nations, and bridging the digital divide.

MDG 8 calls for stronger global partnerships for development. Its uniqueness arises from the fact that it is really less of a "goal" and more of a vehicle to facilitate the attainment of all the other MDGs; thus, failure to attain a true global partnership for development makes it unlikely to achieve any...

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