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InterviewInterview 30 November Nov 2016 1206 30 November 2016 The wrong anti poverty recipes of the left according to Deirdre McCloskey
Economist Deirdre McCloskey challenges the theories of liberal pundits such as Stiglitz and Piketty and takes a swipe at foreign aid and universal basic income.
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InterviewCooperation 14 October Oct 2016 1109 14 October 2016 Patrick Gomes (ACP Group of States):«Diversifying partnerships is key for our future»
Ambassador Patrick Gomes shares his views regarding the main and most pressing challenges that the ACP (The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States) is facing.
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InterviewVision 14 October Oct 2016 1034 14 October 2016 Bernardo Bini Smaghi: the Italian Development Cooperation secures funding
The head of Management and Support of Development Policies Department at Cassa depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. (CDO) outlines his plans for the Italian public-sector financial institution and the historic step which is set to bring the CDP into the world of Italian development aid and international cooperation.
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InterviewChallenges 26 July Jul 2016 1511 26 July 2016 Bernd Nilles: “North and South are no longer divided, but unified in facing the same problems”
CIDSE’s Secretary General talks to Vita International about the most pressing global challenges facing us today. “Agenda 2030 and the SDGs can de facto lead to a kind of systemic change to our economic model and behaviors.“We need courageous politicians who push their governments to take bold decisions and people who take their lives into their own hands and make changes now" he says.
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InterviewEuropean Parliament 5 April Apr 2016 1205 05 April 2016 Gianni Pittella: "Europe needs to change its strategy in Africa"
Since assuming leadership of the European Socialist and Democrats Group (S&D) in the European Parliament, Gianni Pittella has committed to make Africa "an absolute priority of our group". Today the S&D Group president will be inaugurating the launch of the Africa Week: an initiative of the S&D - of which Vita international is a media partner. From 5-11 April, experts, deputies, civil society leaders, Europeans and above all Africans will be discussing the future of the continent.
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InterviewExclusive 11 November Nov 2015 1133 11 November 2015 Federica Mogherini (EU foreign policy chief): “We need to build opportunities, not walls, with Africa”
Brussels – On the eve of the EU-Africa Summit on Migration that is taking place in Valletta (Malta), the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security has released to Vita International, Afronline and its African independent media partners an exclusive interview in which she stated the need “for Europe and Africa to jointly address common challenges such as migration and security by renewing our partnership.” Even if the tensions have been running high during the negotiations phase, Mogherini is convinced that the Summit of Valletta is an historic chance for both parties to “build opportunities, not walls with Africa”.
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InterviewAfrica 1 November Nov 2015 0924 01 November 2015 Exclusive interview with Matteo Renzi: “Africa is a priority of the Italian foreign policy”
“Africa is the greatest opportunity for us. Unfortunately, we are victims of decades of negligence and of a sometimes ideological approach to the African continent. On the contrary, I am still convinced that in the next twenty years, Africa will be at the origin of a great number of economic phenomena,” said the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi in an exclusive interview for the news website Afronline.org and its African media partners.
