Commission for Africa today launched its new report – Still Our Common Interest – which calls upon African leaders to step up efforts to convert unprecedented economic opportunities into poverty reduction and development. The new report, Still Our Common Interest, follows up on the previous report published in March 2005. It looks at what has happened in Africa in the past five years, conducts an audit of progress against each of the recommendations made in the 2005 report and makes recommendations for next steps.
Still Our Common Interest:
- Celebrates the progress Africa has made in the past five years.
- Calls on African governments to continue to promote growth and channel revenues into poverty reduction and key services.
- Calls for donors to increase their support to Africa to take account of new challenges, in particular climate change.
- Calls for the international community to support the capacity-building efforts of African governments by, for example, helping them access the best legal advice in negotiating deals for their natural resources.
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