By Making It on 6 July, 2011
UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, pushes for more innovative designs for the global food system
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By Making It on 10 May, 2011
A report warns that developing countries relying heavily on expanding exports need to rethink their current strategies to achieve growth, and argues that they need to give greater attention to strengthening domestic demand
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By Making It on 7 April, 2011
Lucy Muchoki, CEO of the Pan African Agribusiness and Agro-Industry Consortium, tells Making It about agribusiness challenges in Africa, and how the future could look.
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By Making It on 25 February, 2011
How sub-Saharan African countries can seize the new opportunities to advance their own development through trade with China
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By Making It on 29 November, 2010
By developing productive capacities, LDCs can rely increasingly on domestic resources to finance their economic growth, and attract capital inflows that support them
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