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Opening up trade is best way to help solve Africa's food crisis



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Published Date: 05 July 2008
By Caroline Boin
International Policy Network
THIS month is the latest G8 summit, which meets on Monday to Wednesday on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The main agenda includes climate change and the world food crisis.
Global food inflation "threatens to destroy years, if not decades, of economic progress", the Africa Progress Panel said last week, prompting its chairman, Kofi Annan, Sir Bob Geldof and Bono to call on rich countries to honour their commitment of d...



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  • Last Updated: 04 July 2008 9:19 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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Neil,

Glasgow 05/07/2008 11:54:41
Absolutely right.

South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore have been free markets for 60 years. North Korea, Burma, Cuba & most of Africa chose the opposite. The relationship between economic freedom & economic success is indistputable.

G8 will do nothing.

Part of the reason for my expulsion from the LibDims is that I dared to speak againste a party motion calling for western enforcement of a cartel to prevent production of & thus raise prices of food & other commodities. This mixture of wickedness & economic illiteracy is typical of our ruling class.

 

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