At least 10 percent of public expenditure should be for agriculture in Africa

Agriculture is the backbone of every african economy, especially in the sab-saharan africa, and more than 60% of the african population depend on agriculture for their basic need. Given these points, on my honest opinion, at least 10% of public expenditure should be for agriculture.If government and international intervention has backfired in the past, this is because of :
 Exteriority of project, that is, insufficient environmental approach which does not takes into consideration the realities of the local milieu, and application of inadequate development models which is evident of the lack of adequate knowledge about the real conditions of the environment.
 Isolation of project in relation to, the national economy, the environment and limited time.
 Inflexibility and regidity of project arising from initiators of the projects not taking into consideration changes in the agraria systems,

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AS A CATALYST FOR POVERTY REDUCTION

The reason is clear, information and communication technology (ICT)is a critical part of the ever more intergrated global economy, where knowledge-based activities have become increasingly important and pervasive. ICT enable people, government, and business around the world to acquire and share ideas, expertise and services, helping to create and sustain opportunities for economic development on an unpresidented scale.In this respect, four main aspect should be address:
*access to ICT services
*affordability of ICT services
*adoptation of ICT application in government, educational systems, local organisations, and business
*and finally, challenging issues faced by developing countries on the agenda of ICT for development should be adressed

INCREASE AID IMPORTANT BUT NOT SOLUTION TO OVERCOMING POVERTY IN AFRICA

It is logical that under the current global economic environment, it is important to support the most vulnerable countries of the world. However history has proven that african developmental problems can not and will never be settle by flooding africa with more aid: Africans need to exchange thier natural resourses with technology ensure effective management of aid, fight corruption, and be fully intergrated, and active actors in the global economic systems. African countries also need to create an atmospher suitable for internal and foreign invertment to keep thier economy growing. Employment and earning helps to translate economic growth into poverty reduction. however, to reduce poverty through employment, policies should focus on creating more high-earning jobs rather than merely creating more jobs that can not permit saving and investment

ENDING POVERTY "IS IT A REALITY?"

The decolonization and political liberation of the 3rd world was seen as a catalyst of change, and mark by great hope that we were at the start of an irreversible progress of development. But ours has become the age of disenchantment. We are in a period of cumulative crises; a crisis in the development models and ideologies underlying countries policies and structures; a crisis of know-how as the field of development breaks up and theory proves to be out of step with poorly analyzed reality.The standard diagnosis of Africa is that the continent is suffering from governance crises, marked by corruption, poor economic policy choices, and denial of human right. “Africa is also sick of itself,” one need only mention of the organized blundering by the ruling class who as in Cameroon for example make corruption a system of government. But it is wrong, many parts of Africa are well governed, and yet even the relatively well governed countries remain in poverty. Governance is an issue but African development challenges are deeper. Indeed, using World Bank indicator, there is no evidence that Africa’s governance on average is worse than elsewhere once we control for Africa’s low income. Controlling for income is necessary in evaluating governance, since good governance requires for wages, training, information system and so forth, and thus improves systematically with income level.However, from the year 2000, we have witness an increase in development practices in this part of the world. This can be seen from the World Bank African success stories, though how efficient is the criteria used in identifying these success story is still a topic to debate onFive structural reasons also makes Africa the most vulnerable region of the world to a persistent poverty trap; see http://sanguvsimonpeterfomonyuy.blogspot.com/
Some difficulties related to failures of development projects
1. Exteriority of project, that is, insufficient environmental approach which does not takes into consideration the realities of the milieu, and application of inadequate development models which is evident of the lack of adequate knowledge about the real conditions of the environment.
2. Isolation of project in relation to, the national economy, the environment and limited time
3. Inflexibility and rigidity of project arising from non submission of models of project to the funding agencies, and also, initiators of the projects not taking into consideration changes in the agrarian systems, and insufficiency of staffs of the project.
4. At times most poverty reduction strategies of countries are not up to the task of meeting development challengesHow close can a country come to achieving the goals given current constrains?
I recommended a four step approach
1; countries need to map the key dimension and underlying dynamics of extreme poverty by region, locality and gender, as best as possible with available data.
2, consistent with the poverty map, countries should undertake a need assessment to identify the specific public investments necessary to achieve the goals.
3, the need assessment should be converted into a 10years framework for action, including public investments, public management and financing.Poverty reduction strategies should be elaborated within the 10years framework, with a key focus on transparency, accountability, human right, and benchmarking and result base management.Conclusively, in addition to making funding available for development project, a lot is still to be done in relation to ;-economic growth-Institutions and governance-Competitiveness and export dynamism-Manufacturing (Improvements in product quality, marketing and management)-Tourism- Agriculture and rural development- providing access and financial products for underserved populations- Infrastructure- improving efficiency and leveraging the private sector-Information communication technology-Transport-Power-Access to safe water-Improving health and education outcomes