Gleneagles’ promise to make poverty history has yet to be delivered

The G8 has fractured, but a global meeting of ministers in Addis Ababa this month must show willingness to ensure overseas aid is done better

Make Poverty History: even the phrase seems reminiscent of more innocent days when campaigners buoyed by idealism hoped they could change the world with a rubber wristband, and rock musicians believed the strains of We Will Rock You, floating on the summer air, could force the rich world's politicians to fix Africa.

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Gleneagles summit, when Tony Blair convened his G8 colleagues, plus a smattering of African leaders, at the swish golf hotel in Perthshire, to sign up for what they called "a new vision for the continent's future".

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