Private sector led growth in Africa - G8 Action Plan

The G8 released an action plan for private sector led growth in Africa.

Method

Scoping of document. Establish interest in a topic by counting search terms.

Analysis

The following terms were searched and times it appeared is shown:

Growth: 14

Development: 11

Poverty: 6

Poor: 3

Resource: 3

Inequality, employment, unemployment, well-being, ecology, human: 0.

Results

The action plan argues that private sector led growth is needed to lift people out of poverty. A specific focus on how to reinvest resource rents is needed.

Not surprisingly, the bigger challenges of rising inequality, ecological destruction and human well-being is not of the forefront of G8 policy makers' minds.