DO YOU CARE IF AFRICA POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC situations improves or not?

As an emerging economy, South Africa has not remained completely ... Political stability is the key to investor confidence, especially in today's world. ... . But the successful implementation of GEAR does not only depend on the attitude and the will of ... The low price of the rand and improved agricultural conditions boosted ... .

However, there are still 43 million children in sub-Saharan Africa who do not ... basic services such as health care, education and transport infrastructure. ... . The author argues that NGO initiatives such as "Publish What You Pay," ... . tying aid to political and economic reforms "is the best way of improving the lives ...

We see similar government failures in health care, water supply, sanitation, ... Why do I say the problem is government failure, and not, say, lack of education ... . Do you really think that Politicians can ignore technical advisers and ... taxed to help improve infrastructure in rural areas, but unless villagers get ...

There just isn't the political will, in Britain or elsewhere, to really act on our analysis ... In essence, apartheid was a set of economic institutions — rules that governed ... . Sending in aid exacerbated the situation so instead of 50million, ... .. Thank you, Africa, for being there so that we can CARE about you.

The above three factors explain why you would expect relatively little poverty ... should be handled with care, and small increases or decreases should not be taken too seriously. ... Two things can be initiated that will change the current situation: 1) ... of the political economy of the 21st century and beyond.

African women continue to face not only widespread poverty, but also heavy labour ... In Africa specifically, women have made significant strides in the political ... out areas that needed improvement if the position of women was to be improved. ... to education and health care and reducing economic and political inequality.

The politics of the continent's Mediterranean shore may have ... The ratio of people of working age to those younger and older—the dependency ratio—willimprove. ... But commodity-led growth on the continent is not as reversible as it ... . a balance sheet: it makes good situations better and bad ones worse.