Lagos Plan of Action
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The Lagos Plan of Action (officially the Lagos Plan of Action for the Economic Development of Africa, 1980–2000) was an Organisation of African Unity-backed plan to increase Africa
Africa
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's self-suffiency. It was drafted in Lagos
Lagos
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, Nigeria
Nigeria
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 in April 1980, during a conference which included a variety of African leaders.
It has been characterized as the collective response of African states to the World Bank's 1981 Berg report
Berg report
The Berg report is the name most commonly given to the report which was published by the World Bank in 1981 written by Elliot Berg. The report was titled "Accelerated Development in Sub-Saharan Africa."-Additional reading:...

. The plan blamed Africa's economic crisis on the Structural Adjustment Programs of the World Bank
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 and International Monetary Fund
International Monetary Fund
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 and the vulnerability of African economies to worldwide economic shocks, such as the 1973 oil crisis
1973 oil crisis
The 1973 oil crisis started in October 1973, when the members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or the OAPEC proclaimed an oil embargo. This was "in response to the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military" during the Yom Kippur war. It lasted until March 1974. With the...

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The report claimed that development in Africa could be achieved by a decreased reliance on raw material extraction, industrialization, global equality in trade relations and an increase in development aid from the international community. Africanist scholars noted the absence in the report of any blame on, or calls for reform of, domestic governments of Africa. This contrasts significantly with the Berg Report, which apportioned blame solely on the Africa leaders themselves, with the international community taking no responsibility for their part in Africa's demise.
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