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DATA launches 2006 progress report on G8 promises to Africa

July 2006 – the G8 nations made a number of historic commitments to Africa at their 2005 Summit in Gleneagles including: cancelling unsustainable debt for the poorest countries; increasing development assistance; agreeing to a trade system that works for Africa; fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria while strengthening health systems; expanding access to education, clean water and sanitation; and increased support for good governance, peacekeeping efforts, humanitarian responses and agricultural development and infrastructure. How are they doing against these goals?

Development Initiatives is pleased to be working to assist DATA, the international advocacy NGO established by Bono and Bob Geldof, to measure progress on the G8's historic promises to Africa. DATA's analysis identifies clear markers by which the world can measure whether the G8 are on track to fulfil the 2010 promises made to Africa, and thereby clearly challenge the G8 to keep the promise. It also offers a challenge to statisticians and data gatherers - can we improve the quality of information and the methods employed to evaluate this progress?

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Global aid up in 2004 ... but not enough to meet MDGs

April 2005 – provisional figures for ODA in 2004 from all DAC donors were released by the DAC on 11 April 2005. The 2004 figures show a real terms increase of 4.6% – with aid up to $78.6 billions in 2004 from $72.4 billions in 2003 (2003 prices). Whilst this increase follows a 4.3% rise from 2002 to 2003, global aid still falls far short of what is needed to reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015.

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