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2021 FORUM REPORT COVID-19 in Africa one year on: Impact and Prospects MO IBRAHIM FOUNDATION 2021 FORUM REPORT COVID-19 in Africa one year on: Impact and Prospects MO IBRAHIM FOUNDATION Foreword by Mo Ibrahim Notwithstanding these measures, on current projections Founder and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Africa might not be adequately covered before 2023. Foundation (MIF) Vaccinating Africa is an urgent matter of global security and all the generous commitments made by Africa’s partners must now be delivered. Looking ahead - and inevitably there will be future pandemics - Africa needs to significantly enhance its Over a year ago, the emergence and the spread of COVID-19 homegrown vaccine manufacturing capacity. shook the world and changed life as we knew it. Planes were Africa’s progress towards its development agendas was off grounded, borders were closed, cities were shut down and course even before COVID-19 hit and recent events have people were told to stay at home. Other regions were hit created new setbacks for human development. With very earlier and harder, but Africa has not been spared from the limited access to remote learning, Africa’s youth missed out pandemic and its impact. on seven months of schooling. Women and girls especially The 2021 Ibrahim Forum Report provides a comprehensive are facing increased vulnerabilities, including rising gender- analysis of this impact from the perspectives of health, based violence. society, politics, and economics. Informed by the latest data, The strong economic and social impacts of the pandemic it sets out the challenges exposed by the pandemic and the are likely to create new triggers for instability and insecurity. -
The Journal of William Morris Studies
The Journal of William Morris Studies volume xx, number 3, winter 2013 Editorial – Fears and Hopes Patrick O’Sullivan 3 William Morris and Robert Browning Peter Faulkner 13 Two Williams of one medieval mind: reading the Socialist William Morris through the lens of the Radical William Cobbett David A. Kopp 31 Making daily life ‘as useful and beautiful as possible’: Georgiana Burne-Jones and Rottingdean, 1880–1904 Stephen Williams 47 William Morris: An Annotated Bibliography 2010–2011 David and Sheila Latham 66 Reviews. Edited by Peter Faulkner Michael Rosen, ed, William Morris, Poems of Protest (David Goodway) 99 Ingrid Hanson, William Morris and the Uses of Violence, 1856–1890 (Tony Pinkney) 103 The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. XXXV, 2011, Burne-Jones Special Issue. (Peter Faulkner) 106 the journal of william morris studies . winter 2013 Rosie Miles, Victorian Poetry in Context (Peter Faulkner) 110 Talia SchaVer, Novel Craft (Phillippa Bennett) 112 Glen Adamson, The Invention of Craft (Jim Cheshire) 115 Alec Hamilton, Charles Spooner (1862–1938) Arts and Crafts Architect (John Purkis) 119 Clive Aslet, The Arts and Crafts Country House: from the archives of Country Life (John Purkis) 121 Amy Woodhouse-Boulton, Transformative Beauty. Art Museums in Industrial Britain; Katherine Haskins, The Art Journal and Fine Art Publishing in Vic- torian England, 1850–1880 (Peter Faulkner) 124 Jonathan Meades, Museum without walls (Martin Stott) 129 Erratum 133 Notes on Contributors 134 Guidelines for Contributors 136 issn: 1756–1353 Editor: Patrick O’Sullivan ([email protected]) Reviews Editor: Peter Faulkner ([email protected]) Designed by David Gorman ([email protected]) Printed by the Short Run Press, Exeter, UK (http://www.shortrunpress.co.uk/) All material printed (except where otherwise stated) copyright the William Morris Society. -
The EU and Africa: Coming Together at Last?
Policy Brief July 2007 The King Baudouin Foundation and Compagnia di San Paolo are strategic partners of the European Policy Centre The EU and Africa: coming together at last? By John Kotsopoulos Background It is only two short years since Tony countries. Is it doing enough to increasingly being placed on Blair declared that 2005 would be make the most of the opportunities the relationship? the “Year of Africa”. It was the Africa has to offer and successfully culmination of a process that saw confront the challenges it poses? What is needed is a genuine the continent return to the top of the Or is it in danger of missing the partnership, based on shared international agenda after years of boat, leaving a vacuum which goals, clarity and transparency. relative neglect – a victim of the others – starting with China – are The EU-Africa Summit planned risk-aversion and general apathy already rushing to fill? for December (only the second-ever of a Western world first basking in and the first in seven years) could the post-Cold War ‘peace dividend’, The EU is indeed well-placed to go a long way towards achieving then hit by the terrorist threat. capitalise on the opportunities now that goal by launching the proposed opening up. Africa presents it with a EU-Africa Joint Strategy – the The scale of the economic, unique chance to further improve its culmination of a year of consultation governance and security challenges own external relations’ capacity and in both continents. in Africa has prompted Western coherence, and play a constructive governments and organisations to role as a power in the region. -
E/2021/NGO/XX Economic and Social Council
United Nations E/2021/NGO/XX Economic and Social Distr.: General July 2021 Council Original: English and French 2021 session 13 July 2021 – 16 July 2021 Agenda item 5 ECOSOC High-level Segment Statement submitted by organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council * The Secretary-General has received the following statements, which are being circulated in accordance with paragraphs 30 and 31 of Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31. Table of Contents1 1. Abshar Atefeha Charity Institute, Chant du Guépard dans le Désert, Charitable Institute for Protecting Social Victims, The, Disability Association of Tavana, Ertegha Keyfiat Zendegi Iranian Charitable Institute, Iranian Thalassemia Society, Family Health Association of Iran, Iran Autism Association, Jameh Ehyagaran Teb Sonnati Va Salamat Iranian, Maryam Ghasemi Educational Charity Institute, Network of Women's Non-governmental Organizations in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Organization for Defending Victims of Violence,Peivande Gole Narges Organization, Rahbord Peimayesh Research & Educational Services Cooperative, Society for Protection of Street & Working Children, Society of Iranian Women Advocating Sustainable Development of Environment, The Association of Citizens Civil Rights Protection "Manshour-e Parseh" 2. ACT Alliance-Action by Churches Together, Anglican Consultative Council, Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, Presbyterian Church (USA), United Methodist Church - General Board of Church and Society 3. Adolescent Health and Information Projects, European Health Psychology Society, Institute for Multicultural Counseling and Education Services, Inc., International Committee For Peace And Reconciliation, International Council of Psychologists, International Federation of Business * The present statements are issued without formal editing. -
United Nations Private Sector Forum on the Millennium Development Goals
MEETING REPORT UNITED NATIONS PRIVATE SECTOR FORum on the Millennium Development Goals 22 SEPTEMBER 2010, NEW YORK 2 UN Private Sector Forum Organizing Committee Members: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), International Finance Corporation (IFC), International Fund for Agricultural Develop- ment (IFAD), International Labour Organization (ILO), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, part of UN Women), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Foundation (UNF), United Nations Global Compact Office, United Nations Office for Partnerships (UNOP), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), World Bank, World Food Programme (WFP). Photos: © UN Global Compact/Michael Dames 3 Table of Contents Executive Summary 6 Commitments to Development 8 2010 Commitments 8 Tracking 2008 Commitments 9 Welcome and Opening Addresses 12 Luncheon Keynote Remarks 15 Thematic Discussions – Advancing Solutions through Business Innovation 16 Poverty and Hunger 18 Maternal and Child Health and HIV/AIDS 20 Access to Education through Innovative Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) 22 Innovations for Financial Inclusion 24 Empowering Women and Achieving Equality 26 Green Economy 28 Closing Addresses 30 Appendices 31 Accelerating Private Sector Action to Help Close MDG Gaps – Key Messages 31 Bilateral Donors’ Statement in Support of Private Sector Partnerships for Development 33 Agenda 35 Participant List 39 4 “ An investment in the MDGs is an investment in growth, prosperity and the markets of the future — a win-win proposition.” – H.E. -
E/ECA/CM/53/5 Economic and Social Council
United Nations E/ECA/CM/53/5 Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 1 April 2021 Original: English Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Fifty-third session Addis Ababa (hybrid), 22 and 23 March 2021 Report of the Conference of Ministers on the work of its fifty-third session Introduction 1. The fifty-third session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development was held at the Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, in a hybrid format featuring both in-person and online participation, on 22 and 23 March 2021. I. Opening of the session [agenda item 1] A. Attendance 2. The meeting was attended by representatives of the following States: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia , Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe. 3. The following United Nations bodies and specialized agencies were represented: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations; International Civil Aviation Organization; International Fund for Agricultural Development; International Labour Organization; International Organization -
Participant List
Participant List 10/20/2019 8:45:44 AM Category First Name Last Name Position Organization Nationality CSO Jillian Abballe UN Advocacy Officer and Anglican Communion United States Head of Office Ramil Abbasov Chariman of the Managing Spektr Socio-Economic Azerbaijan Board Researches and Development Public Union Babak Abbaszadeh President and Chief Toronto Centre for Global Canada Executive Officer Leadership in Financial Supervision Amr Abdallah Director, Gulf Programs Educaiton for Employment - United States EFE HAGAR ABDELRAHM African affairs & SDGs Unit Maat for Peace, Development Egypt AN Manager and Human Rights Abukar Abdi CEO Juba Foundation Kenya Nabil Abdo MENA Senior Policy Oxfam International Lebanon Advisor Mala Abdulaziz Executive director Swift Relief Foundation Nigeria Maryati Abdullah Director/National Publish What You Pay Indonesia Coordinator Indonesia Yussuf Abdullahi Regional Team Lead Pact Kenya Abdulahi Abdulraheem Executive Director Initiative for Sound Education Nigeria Relationship & Health Muttaqa Abdulra'uf Research Fellow International Trade Union Nigeria Confederation (ITUC) Kehinde Abdulsalam Interfaith Minister Strength in Diversity Nigeria Development Centre, Nigeria Kassim Abdulsalam Zonal Coordinator/Field Strength in Diversity Nigeria Executive Development Centre, Nigeria and Farmers Advocacy and Support Initiative in Nig Shahlo Abdunabizoda Director Jahon Tajikistan Shontaye Abegaz Executive Director International Insitute for Human United States Security Subhashini Abeysinghe Research Director Verite -
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The Growth and Opportunity
The African Growth and Opportunity Act JULY 2013 An Empirical Analysis of the Possibilities Post-2015 Africa Growth Initiative at BROOKINGS Acknowledgements: The report, “The African Growth and Opportunity Act: An Empirical Analysis of the Possibilities Post-2015,” has been prepared by the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) at the Brookings Institution, under the leadership of Carlos Lopes, ECA’s executive secretary. The report has been written by Simon Mevel, from ECA, and Zenia Lewis and Anne Kamau, from AGI, under the overall guidance and supervision of Stephen Karingi, ECA’s director of the Regional Integration and Trade Division, and Mwangi Kimenyi, director of AGI at the Brookings Institution. Post-2015 scenarios were defined by all of the team, while the modeling exercise was undertaken and results interpreted by ECA. About the Africa Growth Initiative: The Brookings Institution’s Africa Growth Initiative brings together African scholars to provide policymakers with high-quality research, expertise and innovative solutions that promote Africa’s economic development. The ini- tiative also collaborates with research partners in the region to raise the African voice in global policy debates on Africa. Our mission is to deliver research from an African perspective that informs sound policy, creating sustained economic growth and development for the people of Africa. The Brookings Institution is a private non-profit organization. Its mission is to conduct high-quality, independent research and, based on that research, to provide innovative, practical recommendations for policymakers and the public. The conclusions and recommendations of any Brookings publication are solely those of its author(s), and do not reflect the views of the Institution, its management, or its other scholars. -
ASC Infosheet Gabon
ASCL Infosheet 46 Gabon at 60 Political history of French Congo as a colony in 1888. In 1904 it became a 1960 was the ‘Year of Africa’: many former colonies in separate French colony. In 1910 it became part of French Africa became politically independent. Of the seventeen Equatorial Africa. During the Second World War it was part colonies gaining independence in that year, Gabon was of the area of the Free French under General De Gaulle the fourteenth one: on August 17. Gabon had been a (see Figure 1 for a post-independence political timeline). French protectorate from 1862 onwards, and became part Figure 1: Political timeline of Gabon since independence Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica Politically, one of the most salient facts of Gabon’s in power continuously since then. Under Ali Ben Bongo, postcolonial history is the Bongo family dynasty that has Gabon has received international recognition for ruled it. After the death of the country’s first post- infrastructural investments as well as environmental independence president Léon M’ba in 1967, then Vice conservation and wildlife protection. Domestically, President Omar Bongo took power – only to relinquish it however, President Bongo has faced pressures and at his death 42 years later, in 2009. His political party, the protests, including a failed coup in January 2019. Parti Democratique Gabonais, ruled the resource-rich Moreover, since 2018 he has been plagued by the country as a single-party regime from 1968 until 1990, aftereffects of a stroke and rumours about his fitness for after which constitutional reforms introduced multi-party office. -
Somalia: Turkey’S Pivot to Africa in the Context of Growing Inter-Imperialist Rivalries
JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE POLITICS 4 SOMALIA: TURKEY’S PIVOT TO AFRICA IN THE CONTEXT OF GROWING INTER-IMPERIALIST RIVALRIES Paul ANTONOPOULOS, Oliver VILLAR, Drew COTTLE and Aweis AHMED1 ……………………………………………………………….…………………………………………… With Somalia in the Midst of the worse faMine in decades, where the international coMMunity failed to delivery to the country, Turkey effectively responded to the crisis. This was in conjunction with significant developMent into the impoverished state. Although a sentiMent of brotherly relations dominates the rhetoric, the Turkish investment into Somalia represents a Turkish push into Africa. This can represent Turkey attempting to expand its sphere of influence and demonstrate its growing capabilities as a Middle power. With China Making significant inroads into the continent, particularly in neighbouring Djibouti and Ethiopia, is Turkey as a NATO Member attempting to block the Chinese pivot into Africa, or is it acting in its own self-interests? As resource security becoMes iMperative, the Horn of Africa only becoMes increasingly strategic, however, only Turkey has recognized the importance of Somalia in a changing world. Key words: Somalia; Turkey; Ethiopia; Djibouti; China. 1 INTRODUCTION With the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War One and after the signing of the Sykes–Picot Agreement, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk became the founding father of the Turkish Republic. Atatürk magnified Turkey’s turn to secularization and Westernization, drawing it into the Anglo-American orbit. Turkey was a bulwark for the Western containment of the Soviet Union on behalf of American interests in the Middle East. The United States enlisted Turkey to militarily contain the Soviets in the first years of the Cold War and in 1952, along with French Algeria, Turkey became the only non-Western member of NATO (Phillips 2010, 40). -
Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
53rd Session of the Economic Commission for Africa: Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Opening of the session (Agenda Item 1): Africa’s Sustainable Industrialization and Diversification in the digital era in the context of Covid-19 Statement by Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister-Designate for Finance, Ghana Key Takeaways: Placing climate-conscious industrialization and digitalization at the foundation of Africa’s recovery and structural transformation Africa’s industrialization is a good strategy not only for Africa but the World 1 1. Thank you, Chairperson, for giving me the floor to contribute to this timely discussion. 2. This is my “first day back” in office and my first international engagement since returning from a precarious medical treatment after experiencing post-COVID complications. The past few weeks have been surreal, but God has been merciful, and I am grateful to all of you for your prayers. I am also excited to share this panel with good friends to discuss how to fashion robust and climate-conscious industrialization and digitalization agenda for our Continent. 3. Indeed, Africa is at a profound turning point. In 2020, Africa showed remarkable resilience against the odds, effectively curbing the global pandemic's initial wave. Africa’s GDP contracted by 2.1% (African Economic Outlook 2021) compared to a 3.5% contraction in global GDP (World Bank). However, the second wave has depleted our buffers, our economies are contracting, and we are witnessing sharp increases in infections and deaths. These developments are overwhelming our health systems. As a result, the Real GDP in Africa is projected to grow by 3.4% in 2021(African Economic Outlook 2021), compared to the projected global growth of 5.5% (IMF, World Economic Outlook).