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Q&A: CAPE VERDE IS RECLASSIFIED AS 'MIDDLE-INCOME' COUNTRY
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Mario de Queiroz
Inter Press Service English News Wire
01-03-2008
LISBON, Jan. 3, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Foreign Minister Vctor
Barbosa Borges of Cape Verde is uncomfortable with the idea that
this small Atlantic archipelago should serve as an example for the
rest of Africa.
Various international institutions have sought to hold up Cape
Verde as a model because after persevering for three arduous
decades, it is becoming classified as a "middle-income developing
country" and it is about to achieve associate status with the
European Union. IPS sat down with Borges to hear his thoughts about
this rapid ...
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