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Japan, Africa and the G8

Elizabeth Donnelly, June 2008

The World Today, Volume 64, Number 6

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There is a Japanese proverb which says: 'vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare'. Promises on Africa provide the feel-good factor at G8 summits. However, many would argue that for Africa what comes out of the summits amounts, for the most-part, to daydreams.