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Uporaji wa sekta za mbao na uvuvi unaizuia Afrika isiendelee - Kofi Annan
Ripoti ya Jopo la Maendeleo ya Afrika ya mwaka huu inawahimiza viongozi wa
Afrika kupambana na ukosefu wa usawa na kuitaka jamii ya ulimwengu
kukabiliana na uporaji wa rasilimali za bara hili.
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 8, 2014/ -- Rasilimali za Afrika zenye utajiri mwingi
zinatoa nafasi ya kipekee ya ufanisi katika uimarishaji wa maisha ya raia wa
Afrika, yasema ripoti mpya kubwa iliyozinduliwa leo na Kofi Annan, Katibu
Mkuu wa zamani wa Umoja wa Mataifa, lakini mara nyingi sana rasilimali hizi
huporwa na maafisa wafisadi pamoja na wawekezaji wa kigeni. Aidha, Ripoti
hii inaonyesha kwamba kuongezeka kwa ukosefu wa usawa vilevile kunaizuia
Afrika isiikamate nafasi hii ya maendeleo.
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Ripoti hii ya 2014 ya Jopo la Maendeleo ya Afrika
(http://www.africaprogresspanel.org), Nafaka, Samaki, Pesa: Kugharamia
mageuzi ya Kijani kibichi na Samawati, inawahimiza viongozi wa kisiasa wa
Afrika kuchukua hatua hususa sasa ili kupunguza ukosefu wa usawa kwa
kuwekeza katika kilimo. Pia, inataka hatua ya kimataifa kuchukuliwa ili
kukomesha kile kinachotajwa kuwa uporaji wa sekta za mbao na uvuvi.
"Baada ya zaidi ya mwongo mmoja wa ukuzi, kuna mengi ya kushangilia," Bwana
Annan atawaambia viongozi wa kisiasa na wa kibiashara, wakati wa kuzinduliwa
kwa ripoti hii katika mkutano wa Baraza la Kiuchumi la Ulimwengu kwa Afrika
(World Economic Forum for Africa). "Lakini ni wakati wa kuuliza kwa nini
ukuzi mkubwa wa jinsi hii haujasaidia hata kidogo kuwainua watu kutoka
katika umasikini na kwa nini utajiri mwingi wa Afrika umeharibiwa kupitia
mazoea ya ufisadi na uwekezaji usio mnyoofu."
"Afrika ni bara lenye utajiri mwingi, kwa hivyo ni kwa nini fungu la Afrika
katika utapiamlo ulimwenguni, na idadi ya vifo vya watoto inaongezeka haraka
jinsi hii? Jibu ni kwamba ukosefu wa usawa unadhoofisha uhusiano kati ya
ukuzi wa kiuchumi na maendeleo katika hali ya maisha ya watu," alisema Bw.
Annan.
Hata ingawa wastani wa mapato umeongezeka kwa theluthi moja katika mwongo
uliopita, kuna Waafrika wengi zaidi sasa wanaoishi katika umasikini-takriban
milioni 45- zaidi ya waliokuwepo katika mwisho wa miaka ya 1990. Malengo
mapya ya kimaendeleo huenda yakajaribu kuodoa umasikini Afrika kufikia mwaka
wa 2030 - lakini kwa mkondo wa sasa, Mwafrika mmoja kati ya Watano bado
atakuwa akiishi katika umasikini mwaka huo utakapofika.
Bw. Annan, ambaye aliathiri kwa kiwango kikubwa Malengo ya Maendeleo ya
Milenia, asema: " Mbali na kuahidi kutimiza malengo makuu, nchi zinapojiunga
na mfumo huu mpya wa kimaendeleo ulimwenguni zinapaswa kuahidi pia kupunguza
mapengo yasiyoweza kutetewa katika bara hili, kati ya matajiri na masikini,
maeneo ya vijijini na mijini, wanaume na wanawake."
Waandishi wa ripoti hii wanatambulisha kilimo kuwa msingi wa ukuzi ambao
utapunguza umasikini. Wanadhihirisha kwamba masikini wengi wa Afrika
wanaishi na kufanya kazi katika maeneo ya vijijini, na kwa wingi ni wakulima
wadogo wadogo.
"Nchi ambazo zimejengwa juu ya misingi ya sekta bora za kilimo - kama vile
Ethiopia na Rwanda- zimeonyesha kwamba maeneo ya vijijini yanaweza kuwa
kichocheo kikubwa cha ukuzi wa pamoja na upunguzaji wa umasikini," Bw. Annan
atasema katika uzinduzi.
Ripoti hii inahimiza kuwe na "mageuzi ya kijani kibichi ya Kiafrika," ambayo
yanadondoa masomo kutoka kwa mageuzi ya bara la Asia na kubadilishwa ili
kufaa hali za Afrika.
Kwa wakati huu, gharama ya uingizaji wa chakula kutoka nchi za nje ni dola
za kimarekani bilioni 35, kwa sababu kilimo cha ndani kimekumbwa na
uzalishaji wa kiwango cha chini, ukosefu wa uwekezaji, na ujitengaji wa
kimaeneo. Kuongezeka kwa uwekezaji katika miundombinu na utafiti kunaweza
kuinua kwa kiwango kikubwa mavuno ya eneo hili na mapato ya wakulima. Kwa
wakati huo huo, kuondoa vikwazo vya kibiashara ndani ya Afrika kunaweza
kufungua soko mpya.
Hata ingawa ripoti hii inakosoa viongozi wa Afrika, Ripoti ya 2014 ya Jopo
la Maendeleo ya Afrika inaipa changamoto jamii ya kimataifa kuunga mkono
jitihada za kimaendeleo za Afrika. Inadhihirisha kwamba sekta za kilimo na
mbao ndizo sekta mbili muhimu zinazohitaji kuimarishwa ili kupambana na
uporaji wa rasilimali za asili.
Uvuvi haramu, usiodhibitiwa na usioripotiwa umefikia kiwango cha juu
kupindukia katika maji ya pwani ya Afrika. Afrika Magharibi hupoteza
takriban dola za kimarekani bilioni 1.3 kila mwaka. Zaidi ya gharama za
kifedha, uporaji huu huangamiza jamii za kivuvi ambazo hupoteza nafasi
muhimu za uvuvi, utayarishaji na uuzaji wa samaki. Dola zingine bilioni 17
hupotezwa kupitia ukataji haramu wa miti.
"Uporaji wa rasilimali ni wizi uliopangwa na unaofichwa kwa hila katika
biashara. Meli za biashara za uvuvi za kigeni, ambazo husajiliwa katika nchi
za Kiafrika kwa hila, na kupakua samaki katika bandari ambazo hazirekodi
mapato yao, hazina maadili," alisema Bw. Annan, akiongeza kwamba shughuli
hizi haramu hukuza tatizo la ukwepaji wa kodi na kampuni bandia. Ripoti ya
2014 ya Jopo la Maendeleo ya Afrika inahimiza kuwepo kwa usimamizi wenye
wahusika wengi wa sekta ya uvuvi ambao utatekeleza vikwazo juu ya meli
ambazo hazisajili na kuripoti mapato yao. Ripoti hii aidha inazihimiza
serikali ulimwenguni pote kuidhinisha Makubaliano ya Port State Measures,
mkataba ambao unalenga kuwazuia waporaji kupakua mapato yao haramu katika
bandari.
Viongozi wa kisiasa wa Afrika wameshindwa kusimamia rasilimali za asili kwa
masilahi ya wanaozimiliki kihalisi- watu wa Afrika. Pamoja na kupoteza pesa
kupitia uporaji na usimamizi mbaya wa kifedha, Waafrika wanapoteza pesa za
kigeni, si ambapo wafadhili wanapokosa kuweka hadi zao tu, bali pia wakati
Waafrika wanaoishi katika nchi za kigeni wanapotuma pesa kwa familia zao.
Inakadiriwa kwamba kila mwaka bara hupoteza zaidi ya dola za kimarekani
bilioni 1.85 katika ada za kupindikia zinazotozwa kwa huduma hizi.
Zikiwa na mapato makubwa ya rasilimali, serikali za Afrika sasa zina nafasi
ya kutengeneza mifumo bora ya kodi - na kutumia pesa za umma vizurikwa njia
ya usawa, ripoti hii inaongeza. Kwa mfano, asilimia 3 ya pato la jumla la
eneo (GDP) kwa sasa huelekezwa kwa ruzuku za nishati ambazo kwa sehemu kubwa
huenda kwa watu wa tabaka la kati kati. Pesa hizo zinapaswa kugeuzwa na
kupelekwa kwa matumizi ya jamii ili kuwapa masikini nafasi bora ya kutoroka
mtego wa umasikini.
"Uwezo wa Afrika wa kukabiliana na hali ngumu, na ubunifu ni mkubwa," asema
Bw. Annan. "Tuna idadi kubwa ya vijana wenye nguvu. Wajasiriamali wetu
wanatumia teknolojia kubadilisha maisha ya watu. Tuna rasilimali za kutosha
kulisha si sisi tu bali na maeneo mengine pia. Ni wakati kwa viongozi wa
Afrika - na wawekezaji shirika wenye uwajibikaji - kuibua uwezekano huu
mkubwa."
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Progress Panel (APP).
Ikisimamiwa na Kofi Annan, Katibu Mkuu wa zamani wa Umoja wa Mataifa, Jopo
hili lenye watu kumi hutetea, katika viwango vya juu sana, maendeleo
endelevu na yenye usawa barani Afrika. Jopo hili hutoa chapisho lake kuu,
Ripoti ya Maendeleo ya Afrika, kila mwaka mwezi Mei.
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Plunder of timber and fisheries is holding Africa back - Kofi Annan
This year's Africa Progress Report calls on African leaders to tackle
inequality and demands global community tackle plunder of continent's
natural resources
ABUJA, Nigeria, May 8, 2014/ -- Africa's rich natural resources offer a
unique opportunity for a breakthrough in improving the lives of Africa's
citizens, says a major new report launched today by Kofi Annan, the former
UN Secretary-General, but too often these resources are plundered by corrupt
officials and foreign investors. Rising inequality is also blocking Africa
from seizing that opportunity, the report shows.
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The 2014 Africa Progress Panel report (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org),
Grain, Fish, Money: Financing Africa's green and blue revolutions, calls on
Africa's political leaders to take concrete measures now to reduce
inequality by investing in agriculture. It also demands international action
to end what it describes as the plunder of Africa's timber and fisheries.
"After more than a decade of growth, there is plenty to celebrate," Mr Annan
will say when he releases the report. "But it is time to ask why so much
growth has done so little to lift people out of poverty - and why so much of
Africa's resource wealth is squandered through corrupt practices and
unscrupulous investment activities."
"Africa is a continent of great wealth so why is Africa's share of global
malnutrition and child deaths rising so fast? The answer is that inequality
is weakening the link between economic growth and improvements in
wellbeing," he said.
Although average income has risen by one-third in the past decade, there are
more Africans living in poverty now - around 415 million - than at the end
of the 1990s. New global development goals are likely to aim to eradicate
poverty by 2030 - but on current trends, one African in five will still be
in poverty when that deadline arrives.
Mr Annan, who played a central role in shaping the Millennium Development
Goals, says: "When countries sign up to the new global development
framework, they should pledge not only to meet ambitious targets but also to
narrow the region's indefensible gaps between rich and poor, urban and
rural, and men and women."
The report's authors identify agriculture as the key to growth that reduces
poverty. They point out that most of Africa's poor live and work in rural
areas, predominantly as smallholder farmers. "Countries that have built
growth on the foundations of a vibrant agricultural sector - such as
Ethiopia and Rwanda - have demonstrated that the rural sector can act as a
powerful catalyst for inclusive growth and poverty reduction," Mr Annan will
say at the launch.
The report calls for a "uniquely African green revolution" that adapts the
lessons provided by Asia to African conditions. Africa currently imports
US$35 billion worth of food because local agriculture is dogged by low
productivity, chronic underinvestment, and regional protectionism. Increased
investment in infrastructure and research could dramatically raise the
region's yields and the incomes of farmers. Meanwhile, eliminating the
barriers that restrict trade within Africa could open up new markets.
While critical of African governments, the Africa Progress Report 2014 also
challenges the international community to support the region's development
efforts. It highlights fisheries and logging as two areas in which
strengthened multilateral rules are needed to combat the plunder of natural
resources.
Illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing has reached epidemic proportions
in Africa's coastal waters. West Africa is conservatively estimated to lose
US$1.3 billion annually. Beyond the financial cost this plunder destroys
fishing communities who lose critical opportunities to fish, process and
trade. Another US$17 billion is lost through illicit logging activities.
"Natural resource plunder is organized theft disguised as commerce.
Commercial trawlers that operate under flags of convenience, and unload in
ports that do not record their catch, are unethical," Mr Annan said, adding
that these criminal activities compound the problem of tax evasion and shell
companies. The Africa Progress Report 2014 calls for a multilateral
fisheries regime that applies sanctions to fishing vessels that do not
register and report their catches. The report also calls on governments
around to world to ratify the Port State Measures Agreement, a treaty that
seeks to thwart the poachers in port from unloading their ill-gotten gains.
African political leaders have failed to manage natural resources in the
interests of the true owners of those resources - the African people.
As well as losing money through natural resource plunder and financial
mismanagement, Africans miss out on money from abroad, not only when aid
donors fail to keep their promises but even when those in the African
diaspora send remittances home to their families. It is estimated that that
the continent is losing US$1.85 billion a year because money transfer
operators are imposing excessive charges on remittances.
With greater resource revenue, African governments now have the opportunity
to develop more effective taxation systems - and spend public money more
fairly, the report adds. For example, 3 per cent of regional GDP is
currently allocated to energy subsidies that principally go to the middle
class. That money should be diverted into social spending to give the poor a
better chance of escaping the poverty trap.
"Africa's resilience and creativity are enormous," Mr Annan says. "We have a
rising and energetic youth population. Our dynamic entrepreneurs are using
technology to transform people's lives. We have enough resources to feed not
just ourselves but other regions, too. It is time for Africa's leaders - and
responsible investment partners - to unlock this huge potential."
Distributed by APO (African Press Organization) on behalf of the Africa
Progress Panel (APP).
Chaired by Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, the
ten-member Africa Progress Panel (http://www.africaprogresspanel.org)
advocates at the highest levels for equitable and sustainable development in
Africa. The Panel releases its flagship publication, the Africa Progress
Report, every year in May.
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