| | 1. It is significant that in a sense the first formal briefing on the progress in developing this programme is taking place at the World Economic Forum meeting. The success of its implementation would require the buy in from members of this exciting and vibrant forum! 2. The MAP programme is a declaration of a firm commitment by African leaders to take ownership and responsibility for the sustainable economic development of the continent. Our starting point is a critical examination of Africa's post independence experience and acceptance that things have to be done differently to achieve meaningful socio-economic progress, without which it would not be easy to achieve our historic task of improving the lives of our people. 3. Our programme contains a vision, perspective and the outlines of a plan for the redevelopment of Africa. It clarifies our objectives and approach to development projects that are going to be appraised, further developed and negotiated with our partners in Africa and the rest of the world during the next few months. |
