Thirty-fourth session of the Commission/ Twenty-fifth meeting of the Conference of Ministers/Ninth Meeting of the Conference of African Ministers of Finance: Ministerial statement

The Ministers of Finance and Ministers of Economic Development and Planning of Africa on their statement pointed out they concur on the fundamentals for faster and more sustained economic growth convinced with poverty reduction including food security. They underscore the importance of transparent and accountable public management systems. They not the priority of providing education to our citizens as reinforced by the World Education Forum last April in Dakar. Meeting the International Development Goals in education in Africa will require bold and sustained leadership based upon innovative planning and finance. They agree that Africa’s position at both the Third Conference on Least Developed Countries and at the Qatar Conference of the World Trade Organization should be to advocate that the next round of trade negotiations should be a "Development Round."

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Format: Speech biblioteca
Language:eng
Published: 2001-05
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10855/47049
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