We applaud the Commission for Africa for its stirring and wide-ranging report and the powerful advocacy statement it conveys to the world on behalf of Africa. The report is so thoroughly researched and documented that it will remain for many years an invaluable reference tool for partners in the development of Africa.
However, producing a brilliant report is, in today’s African context, the easier part of the equation. The more difficult part is politically selling the report and its recommendations to the targeted primary constituency, namely African and donor governments. Let us wait and see how the report will be received and acted on by African governments and the international donor community.
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