Statement by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh at the 27th meeting of the NEPAD heads of state and government orientation committee: brief on the key policy issues in the 2012 report of the Mutual Review of Development Effectiveness (MRDE)

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Statement by Abdoulie Janneh UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of ECA at the 27th Meeting of the NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC). Mr. Janneh highlighted on his remarks that, Sustainable economic growth; Investing in people; Good governance; and Financing for development. Investing in the African people: Our continent continues to record notable progress on the MDGs as we have achieved 60% of progress related to gender parity, primary school completion, stemming the HIV/AIDS pandemic; and access to water. Some other sectors including child and maternal mortality, and access to sanitation are not keeping up to pace. Good Governance: There has been a general improvement in the quality of elections, successful reversals of unconstitutional changes of government, and momentous political change in North Africa. The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, now in force, represents a major commitment to improving and monitoring governance in Africa. More remains to be done to ensure that elections are universally free and fair, and to improve other indicators of political governance.