MillenniumDevelopmentGoals,PeerReviewandAfrican.pptVIP

Millennium Development Goals, Peer Review and African divergence Jorge Braga de MacedoFaculty of Economics, UNL and Tropical Research Institute (IICT) Panel on policies, institutions and convergence OECD Paris 16 January 2006 Outline Question: Can the African Peer Review Mechanism serve as a convergence instrument? Answer: No, but it sure beats the Millennium Development Goals, whose African record is dismal. Intervening Topics: Tristes tropiques FfD vs. MDGs Policy convergence NEPAD-AU vs. APRM Systematic Quantification of Comparative Economic Performance Maddison (2002) provides a mi