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 Yash Tandon, Executive Director of the South Centre is on "Ending Aid Dependence: Conceptual Traps of an Outdated Aid Vocabulary".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.

 Yash Tandon, Executive Director, South Centre

Fahamu Books & South Centre

ISBN 978-1-906387-29-7, 160 Pages, Large Crown, Second Edition

Foreword by H.E. Benjamin W. Mkapa

Now the French and Spanish version of Foreword and Conlcusion are available:  Click to download French version     Click to download Spanish version           

This book was first launched at a side event "Beyond Aid Dependence" to the Third High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra on 1st September 2008, 16:00-18.00 at the CSO Parallel Forum on Aid Effectiveness.

This was followed by launches in other countries.

3 October 2008, The Free World Foundation, Oslo, Norway 1 November 2008, MANI TESE, Riva del Garda, Italy 4 November 2008, Chatham House, London, UK

 Purchase this book from: http://www.fahamu.org/publications/item/ending_aid_dependence 

Note for Media / Book Reviewers: Please contact Mr. Vikas Nath, Head -Media and Communication, South Centre at nath@southcentre.org  or +41 22 7918050 for advance electronic copy of the Book.