July 17, 2006
The Anglican Archbishop of Capetown, the Most Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane, told a CGD audience that the home-grown African Monitor will tap the power of African religious institutions to help track development progress in the continent. U.S. Sen. Barak Obama (D-Illinois) has called for greater inclusion of faith-based organizations in working coalitions to address poverty and other problems. Ruth Levine, CGD director of programs, hopes she is seeing the start of a welcome trend.