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  "title": "Africa Is Back",
  "publication": "IMF Blog, March 9, 2010",
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  "summary": "Author: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund",
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      "heading": "Overview and context",
      "content": "- Author: Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund\n- Publication date: March 9, 2010\n- Trip itinerary referenced: Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia\n- Key public engagements referenced: a live TV debate in Nairobi with Prime Minister Odinga, Minister of Finance Kenyatta, Nobel Laureate Wangari Mathai, Transparency International's Akere Muna, and Bob Geldof; a March 8 debate at the University of Nairobi."
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      "heading": "Central finding: \"Africa is back\"",
      "content": "- \"Africa is back\"—phrase used by the author to describe renewed energy and agency across Sub-Saharan Africa.\n- Strong sense expressed that \"Africa's destiny will be driven by Africans, not by others.\""
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    {
      "heading": "Major themes observed",
      "content": "- Priority on sound economic policy\n  - Good economic policies helped buffer Africa during the global financial crisis.\n  - Good economic policies are identified as \"the key to the future—to bringing growth back to pre-crisis levels and to generating jobs.\"\n\n- Importance of good governance\n  - Emphasis on the new role of a vigorous civil society in promoting transparency and accountability.\n  - Noted openness in public debates about corruption, transparency, and accountability—examples include live TV debates and university events.\n\n- Growing engagement with the global economy\n  - Increasing awareness of Africa's role in trade, investment flows, and aid.\n  - Bob Geldof argued that Africa could become a \"global growth pole\" by 2050; achieving this will require managing global forces that will impact the continent.\n\n- Climate change and \"green growth\"\n  - Rising awareness in Africa of climate change as a strategic issue.\n  - Wangari Mathai highlighted Africa's potential \"leading edge\" in \"green growth.\""
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    {
      "heading": "Policy proposal mentioned",
      "content": "- Concept of a \"green fund\"\n  - Proposal described as a fund \"with the capacity to raise $100 billion a year for both adaptation and mitigation.\"\n  - The author clarifies that such a fund \"would not be managed by the IMF,\" but IMF staff are working on a contribution to the global debate on climate financing.\n  - Nick Stern is noted as supportive: \"I am heartened that Nick Stern, who has considerable credibility on this particular issue, feels the same way.\""
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      "heading": "Additional notes",
      "content": "- The author refers to an earlier post from the same trip: \"IMF—Delivering on Promises to Africa.\"\n- Cross posted on Huffington Post.\n\nSource: Africa Is Back — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, March 9, 2010.\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- a live TV debate in Nairobi\n- sound economic policy\n- climate change\n- IMF—Delivering on Promises to Africa\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2010/03/09/africa-is-back"
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    "Publication date: March 9, 2010",
    "Trip itinerary referenced: Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia",
    "Key public engagements referenced: a live TV debate in Nairobi with Prime Minister Odinga, Minister of Finance Kenyatta, Nobel Laureate Wangari Mathai, Transparency International's Akere Muna, and Bob Geldof; a March 8 debate at the University of Nairobi.",
    "\"Africa is back\"—phrase used by the author to describe renewed energy and agency across Sub-Saharan Africa.",
    "Strong sense expressed that \"Africa's destiny will be driven by Africans, not by others.\"",
    "Priority on sound economic policy",
    "Importance of good governance",
    "Growing engagement with the global economy",
    "Climate change and \"green growth\"",
    "Concept of a \"green fund\"",
    "The author refers to an earlier post from the same trip: \"IMF—Delivering on Promises to Africa.\"",
    "Cross posted on Huffington Post.",
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    "[climate change](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/NEW013010A.htm)",
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