A REVIEW OF PROMISES AND PROGRESS MADE TO DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA Conference 28/29 May 2007
MEDIA STATEMENT-29 May 2007
Organised by: AFRICAN MONITORJOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Braamfontein
Brief Background:
African Monitor is hosting a
conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, with delegates from a cross-section of
stakeholders including international, continental and local civil society,
representatives of the faith community, government representatives, and donor
representatives. The workshop reviewed promises and commitments made
by donors and African governments to support development in Africa, presented
through the “Baseline Matrix of Development Support Commitments to Africa” – a
study recently concluded by African Monitor.
Africa: Aid Set to Drop, Warns Monitoring Group
CAPE TOWN 31 May
2007
Aid flows to Africa have remained static for two years and are set to drop, in spite of donor promises to increase giving, a monitoring group has found.
Broken Promises Foreshadow Problematic Future
May 29 2007
Donors are not making good on their
promises of aid commitments to Africa, contends African Monitor, a Cape Town-
based NGO that monitors development aid and debt in Africa. This statement was
made by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane at a conference hosted in Johannesburg
from 28-29 May 2007.
Aid to Africa flatlining: watchdog
JOHANNESBURG May 29 2007
Aid levels to Africa have remained static for the last two years as donors and governments have not fulfilled ambitious pledges, an independent group monitoring development on the continent said Tuesday.
Despite vows, rich nations cut Africa aid- Study
JOHANNESBURG, May 29
2007