Commission for Africa: More neo-liberal capitalism
By Paul Hampton The demand to “make poverty history” is winning wide resonance this year and nowhere is it more relevant than in Africa, where the majority of people subsist on $1 a day. But the Commission for Africa report published last week shows how little the ruling class are prepared to do to help the majority of Africans. The Commission for Africa was appointed last year by Tony Blair. When the G8 meets at Gleneagles in Scotland in July, Blair says he wants Africa on the agenda, with the report centre-stage. The Commission’s 460-page report published on 11 March is full of catchy sound...