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D g S eveloping the lobal outh D g S eveloping the lobal outh A United Nations Prescription for the Third Millennium Paulos Milkias Algora Publishing New York © 2010 by Algora Publishing. All Rights Reserved www.algora.com No portion of this book (beyond what is permitted by Sections 107 or 108 of the United States Copyright Act of 1976) may be reproduced by any process, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, without the express written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data — Milkias, Paulos. Developing the Global South: A United Nations Prescription for the Third Millennium / Paulos Milkias. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-87586-724-3 (alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-87586-723-6 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Developing countries—Economic policy. I. Title. HC59.7.M513 2009 337.1’1724—dc22 2009020968 Front Cover: The Global South shines with promise. Photo: Algora archives. Printed in the United States To thousands of my former students, who demonstrated honesty, loyalty and integrity, and who continuously tested my determination and forced me to rise to the challenge. List of Acronyms ACBF The African Capacity Building Foundation ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states ADB African Development Bank ADF African Development Fund AFT Aid for Trade AGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa AMCEN African Ministerial Conference on the Environment AMFM Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria APEC Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation APF Africa Partnership Forum APRM African Peer Review Mechanism APSA African Peace and Security Architecture ARVs Antiretroviral drugs AU African Union CAADP Common African Agriculture Development Program CDM Clean Development Mechanism (under the Kyoto Convention and the UNFCCC) CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CERF Central Emergency Response Fund COMECON Council for Economic Assistance ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EDF European Development Fund EDI Education Development Index EFA Education for All EPI Environmental Performance Indicator EPSA Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa EU European Union FAO Food and Agricultural Organization FTI Fast Track Initiative G20 Group of Twenty G77 Group of Seventy-Seven G8 Group of Eight GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environment Facility GFATM Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria GNI Gross National Income GSP Generalized System of Preferences HIPC Highly Indebted Poor Countries ICA Infrastructure Consortium for Africa ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization. ICJ International Court of Justice ICTR International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTs Information and Communication Technologies IDA International Development Association IDA International Development Agency IDG International Development Goals,
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