Interview. La Mauritanie doit repenser son développement en valorisant ses atouts. /Mauritania needs to rethink its development by valuing its strengths. Ibrahim Thiaw
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La pandémie Covid19, c’est aussi une crise économique mondiale. L’Afrique, très faiblement touchée jusqu’ici, voit, cependant, ses structures sanitaires, peu performantes, mises à rude épreuve. Les mesures de confinement, de couvre-feu et autres fermetures de commerces, interdictions de voyages vont durablement affecter les économies des pays du continent très peu résilientes. A la demande d’annulation pure et simple de la dette au profit des pays pauvres, réitérée par Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, président en exercice du G5 Sahel, les partenaires ont préféré un moratoire. Comment les pays du continent en General et la Mauritanie en particulier pourraient-ils surmonter la crise née de cette pandémie. Pour traiter de cette question et d’autre, Horizons poursuit sa série d’interviews. Nous avons interrogé Ibrahima Thiaw, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la désertification. Monsieur Thiaw, mauritanien, est aussi conseiller spécial du secrétaire général des Nations Unies au Sahel. « Il possède une quarantaine d’années d’expérience dans le domaine du développement durable, de la gouvernance environnementale et de la gestion des ressources naturelle. »
The Covid19 pandemic is also a global economic crisis. Africa, which has so far been very weakly affected, is seeing its poorly performing health facilities put to the test. Containment measures, curfews and other business closures and travel bans will permanently affect the economies of the continent's countries with very few resilients. Calling for the outright cancellation of the debt for the benefit of poor countries, reiterated by Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, current president of the G5 Sahel, the partners preferred a moratorium. How could the countries of the continent in General and Mauritania in particular overcome the crisis born of this pandemic. To address this and other issues, Horizons continues its series of interviews. We interviewed Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification. Mr. Thiaw, a Mauritanian, is also a special adviser to the Un Secretary-General in the Sahel. "He has 40 years of experience in sustainable development, environmental governance and natural resource management." Interview by Khalilou Diagana The National Horizons Daily
The Covid19 pandemic is also a global economic crisis. Africa, which has so far been very weakly affected, is seeing its poorly performing health facilities put to the test. Containment measures, curfews and other business closures and travel bans will permanently affect the economies of the continent's countries with very few resilients. Calling for the outright cancellation of the debt for the benefit of poor countries, reiterated by Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, current president of the G5 Sahel, the partners preferred a moratorium. How could the countries of the continent in General and Mauritania in particular overcome the crisis born of this pandemic. To address this and other issues, Horizons continues its series of interviews. We interviewed Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification. Mr. Thiaw, a Mauritanian, is also a special adviser to the Un Secretary-General in the Sahel. "He has 40 years of experience in sustainable development, environmental governance and natural resource management." Interview by Khalilou Diagana The National Horizons Daily
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Africa
Sahel
Mauritania
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environmental crisis
economic development
zoonosis
social contract
rural economics
lessons learnt
health protection
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