UNITED NATIONS: Many countries of the Global South, especially from Africa, want to draw lessons from India’s achievement in lifting over 171 million out of extreme poverty in a decade, its strategies for development, and its use of digital infrastructure, according to NITI Aayog Vice Chairperson Suman Bery.
Ministers and high-level development officials from several countries around the Global South met Bery, who was here for the recent High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, in bilateral meetings “for understanding how India works” and what they can learn, he said in an exclusive interview with IANS.
The interest was particularly high among African countries, elevated by “India's success in bringing the African Union into the G20”, he said.