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Published online 1 July 2009 | Nature 460, 16 (2009) | doi:10.1038/460016a
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African science drops down G8 agenda
Researchers lament poor progress on commitments to developing nations.
In the run-up to the G8 summit meeting in Italy from 8–10 July, African science leaders are counting the cost of unfulfilled commitments to their continent made at previous G8 meetings.
At the 2005 Gleneagles Summit in the United Kingdom, the rich G8 nations endorsed many of the proposals put forward by the Commission for Africa, launched by former British prime minister Tony Blair in 2004.
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