Noticias
18 June - Are PRSPs in Sub-Saharan Africa as Effective as Expected?
A new IMF publication takes stock of poverty reduction strategies implemented in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the context of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP). This paper finds that there is no conclusive evidence that its implementation has played a role in reducing poverty and increasing the income share of the poor. In fact, the research reveals that despite PRSP countries’ post-crisis economic resilience, the poverty headcount has not reduced and growth has more than proportionately benefited the top quintile during PRSP implementation.
11 June - Financing the SDGs: what lessons can we learn from the MDGs?
Read this new blog by GSW on the lessons we can learn from the MDGs’ gaps and shortfalls in key sectors to help inform the current debate on financing the SDGs.
5 June - Africa Progress Panel Report 2015
The 2015 installment of the Africa Progress Panel Report entitled “People, Power and Planet - Seizing Africa’s energy and climate opportunities” focuses its attention on climate change and the energy challenges faced by Africa today.
Launched at the World Economic Forum on Africa in Cape Town, South Africa, the publication highlights the need for Africa to accelerate development and adapt to global warming, whilst also addressing the region’s urgent energy crisis. According to the research, two in three Africans have no access to electricity at all, 600,000 deaths a year are being caused by household air pollution, and on current trends, it would take Africa until 2080 to achieve universal electricity access.
To counteract this, the Panel stresses that there is an opportunity for Africa to bypass fossil fuels and move straight to low-carbon sources of power if aid is combined with higher taxes, an elimination of subsidies and a crackdown on illicit transfers to tax havens.
22 May - Government Spending In the Health Sector in Africa: MDG Trends and Lessons for the SDGs
As we approach the MDG deadline and the world prepares for the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), GSW is focusing its attention on the health sector in Africa. Using GSW’s latest 2014 data, this briefing takes stock of current progress on spending targets in Africa in the health sector and asks: is Africa ready for the spending needed to meet the health SDGs?
18 May - Sovereign Debt Workouts: UNCTAD’s Roadmap and Guide
In a context of fragile economic recovery and possible future debt crises, UNCTAD has published The Roadmap and Guide for Sovereign Debt Workouts which gives recommendations to improve the coherence, fairness and efficiency of current sovereign debt restructuring processes. Aiming principally to guide countries through steps they can take before and during debt restructuring, this document hinges around five principles for sovereign debt workouts: legitimacy, impartiality, transparency, good faith and sustainability. An analysis of this Roadmap by Eurodad can be accessed here.
