African countries are fed up with being marginalised in global institutions
They will be pushing hard for change at a big global pow-wow this week
There was no shortage of bigwigs at a development-finance pow-wow hosted by Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, in Paris on June 22nd to discuss pressing global issues including World Bank reform, climate finance and debt distress. The expected attendees at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact included Li Qiang, the Chinese premier, Janet Yellen, America’s treasury secretary, and no fewer than 16 African presidents.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Demanding a say”
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