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Article: G-8 NATIONS PLEDGE AID TO AFRICA PLAN HINGES ON EFFORT BY AFRICAN LEADERS FOR DEMOCRACY, REFORM
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2002
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MONTREAL - The heads of the world's wealthiest nations yesterday
pledged a "new beginning" for inhabitants of the earth's poorest
continent, signing a historic agreement to increase development aid
by billions of dollars in return for a commitment from African
leaders to eliminate corruption, despotism, and human rights abuses.
The pledge, made at the close of a two-day summit of the Group of
Eight leading industrialized democracies, marked the first time that
aid to the beleaguered nations of sub-Saharan Africa has been made
contingent on promises by African leaders to take responsibility for
economic and political reform. Supporters called it a turning point
in relations between Africa ...