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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
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GRAIN FISH MONEY Financing Africa’s green and blue revolutions Presentation to African Ambassadors: Geneva Caroline Kende-Robb
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.