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Remembering Wangari Maathai

To Nobel winner, good governance is key to sustainable growth

The late Wangari Maathai, the founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement, dedicated her life to showing how disrespect for the environment undermines Africa’s development. The Nobel Peace Prize winner spoke with Devex in 2009 about aid reform and her book, “The Challenge for Africa.”

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