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African Ministers of Finance concluded their meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Wednesday with a statement reaffirming their commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Africa by 2015.
The three-day meeting, which ran from 31 st March to 2nd April, addressed new challenges facing Africa in the 21 st century, and the new international economic environment within which they must be tackled.
International Budget Project Guide: Government Budgets and MDG Campaigning
Introduction
This short guide is dedicated to encouraging organizations that are interested in monitoring the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) to think about how they might focus on government budgets as an important part of their efforts.
The guide describes:
- Why it is important for civil society to focus on budgets,
- The recent growth of civil society budget-focused work in developing and transition countries,
- How civil society can use budgets to monitor the MDGs
