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GCAP Policy Paper August 2010 |
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The current model of consumption based development idolised the developed countries is not sustainable and driven by the principles of consumerism, profit and advantage. We need a new ethical, values-driven development inspired by the African values of justice, balance and reciprocity espoused in the African philosophy of Ubuntu and Ancient Egyptian Maat. In a recent issue of Pambazuka News (Issue of 485 of June 10 2010), Charles Abugre of the Millennium Campaign suggests that the current development model is based on “robbing the poor to feed the rich”. Developing countries are net-providers of capital to the rich world and therefore delivering on aid commitments should cease to be taken as voluntary benevolence, to be discarded when inconvenient, but as an obligation that must be honoured and enforceable in international law.
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