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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"AGaramondPro-Regular",serif">African countries pledged to achieve sustainable development and inclusive growth for all following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
and the Agenda 2063.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"AGaramondPro-Regular",serif">aspirational global and continental development agendas is unprecedented both in scope and granularity with which the data should be collected.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lazarus Matizirofa</span></b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
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