Africa: Countries Should Diversify Exports to Meet MDGs

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has advised African countries to diversify their exports in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). "The ability of African countries to make significant progress towards achieving the MDGs, especially with regard to eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, largely depends on the extent to which African economies are able to diversify their exports and integrate into appropriate marketing and global production networks," said Stefano Bologna, Head of the UNIDO Southern African Regional Office.