Another meeting to Save The World.

YouRebelScum — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:58:58 -0800

The Accra High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness is being held in, well, Accra until Thursday, three years after the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The conclusions seem to agree it's not about the volume of aid, so much as the way the aid is used. The way the principles have been implemented (if not the principles (pdf) themselves) have been attacked as too technocratic, too politically correct, too cowardly and insufficiently committed (pdf) - but at least there's debate.

Makola Market

plep — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 03:20:25 -0800

Makola Market. 'West Africa's markets are legendary and none more so than the famous Makola market in Ghana's capital, Accra. Run by powerful women traders who sell in the market, Makola is a place where you can buy anything you need - manufactured and imported foods, fresh produce, tools, medicines, shoes, pots and pans etc etc. It's also a place that's good for the soul; its humour and energy will recharge your batteries. If you aren't lucky enough to be in a West African city, you can still imagine you're there. Whether you are in New York, Paris or Sao Paolo, Johannesburg, Nairobi or Cairo, click on the link and join Ofeibea Quist Arcton on a stroll through Makola Market. It will do you good. '
Via allafrica.com's photo pages.

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Another meeting to Save The World.

Makola Market