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GRAIN FISH MONEY Financing Africa’s green and blue revolutions. Presentation to African Ambassadors: Geneva Caroline Kende-Robb. The Africa Progress Panel. Selected Recommendations. African Governments Set equity target for the post 2015 goals - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
GRAINFISHMONEYFinancing Africa’s green and blue revolutions
Presentation to African Ambassadors: Geneva
Caroline Kende-Robb
The Africa Progress Panel
Selected Recommendations
African Governments • Set equity target for the post 2015 goals• Deliver on promises on spending targets for
agriculture • Prevent ‘land grabbing’• Take action on intra-regional trade• Stop the plunder of nature resources
International community
• Ratify the 2009 Port State Measures Agreement to end the theft of Africa’s fish.
• Establish illegal unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a ‘transnational crime’.
• Eliminate subsidies that contribute to IUU fishing• Financial regulators should investigate remittance
charges.• Deliver on climate adaptation financing.
Private sector
• Act as champions of transparency and implement project-by-project disclosure.
• Make company ownership public.• Invest in agro processing.• Eliminate transport cartels.• Seize opportunities created by Africa’s tech revolution
and develop innovations for Africa and for the world.