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South Bulletin: Reflections and Foresights (Issue 22, 1 September 2008)

This Issue of the South Bulletin focuses on the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness taking place on 2-4 September in Accra, Ghana. The Editorial by H.E. Benjamin W. Mkapa, Chairman of the South Centre is on  "Beyond the Paris Declaration" while the Op-Ed piece by Dr. Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre is on "Ending Aid Dependence: Conceptual Traps of an Outdated Aid Vocabulary".

Analysis and commentaries appearing in the Bulletin, include those on Behind the July Failure of the Doha Round; The Cost of Doing Nothing on Climate Change; EPA for whose benefit?; and on The Destruction of African Agriculture. In addition, this issue includes a review of the book “Ending Aid Dependence” recently published book by the South Centre which will be launched at the Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness.

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Poll

Should Africa reduce 80% of its tariffs to zero for European Union products through Economic Partnership Agreements?
 
Are developed countries doing what they should be doing to tackle climate change on the basis of their historical responsibility for global warming?
 
The results of these polls do not claim to be representative of the opinions of the South Centre.