Africa: `Invest in Job Creation to Buffer Global Crisis`
source: allAfrica
Francis Kokutse
28 May 2009
Accra — African governments should invest in creating jobs, providing social services and building food security to shield people against the effects of the global economic and financial crisis.
They should also develop micro-credit facilities to make money available to small businesspeople and boost economies.
These proposals were raised at a two-day conference of the European Commission and the European University Institute (EUI) entitled “Financial markets, adverse shocks and coping strategies in fragile countries”, which brought together 80 researchers and policy-makers from Africa, Europe and international organisations in Ghana’s capital Accra last week.
The workshop was held as part of the preparations to produce [continue reading]

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