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Excerpts of John Page's Interview on the Africa Action Plan

On September 9, 2005 The World Bank Board of Executive Directors discussed the Bank Group’s Africa Action Plan, which will support African countries in their efforts to increase growth, tackle poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). 

The Chief Economist for the Africa Region, John Page, discusses the Africa Action Plan in the excerpts below (provided in audio files):

What’s new about the Africa Action Plan? 
John Page's response
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The World Bank Group has always talked about results. What is the change in the Action Plan? 
John Page's response (1256 kb)
  
Where does this notion of shared growth come from and what does it mean?
John Page's response (1181 kb)
   
Which areas of focus does the Action Plan address?
John Page's response 
(729 kb)
   

Building infrastructure in Africa, shouldn’t that be left to the African private sector which the World Bank Group wants to promote?
John Page's response  (785 kb)
   

What would infrastructure change in poor people’s lives?
John Page's response
 (343 kb)
   
Can you rely on regional and sub-regional economic blocs in Africa to provide some solutions?
John Page's response
 (535 kb)
    
Should every African country really be battling to set up their own capacity building institutions when regional institutions could be more effective?
John Page's response
 (578 kb)
      
Can the World Bank Group say that they have no responsibility in the failure to develop and retain capacity within the public sector in Africa?
John Page's response
 (423 kb)
   
What does the Africa Action Plan foresee to back a jump-starting of growth in post-conflict situations?
John Page's response (731 kb)
   

Will any plan make a difference in the lives of Africans without building on agriculture and market access for agricultural products from Africa?
John Page's response 
(1392 kb)
  

You said the Africa Action Plan is not new. What else is it not?
John Page's response (1,249 kb)
   
 

 

 

 

 




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