During the high-level roundtable discussion, Clark stressed the importance of inclusive growth to the issue of poverty reduction in Tanzania to include growth of investment and agriculture, which employes over 70 percent of the country's more than 40 million population.

Meanwhile, Clark called for global partnership, including North- South Cooperation, South-South Cooperation and cooperation with the private sector on the issue of achieving the MDGs and efforts to balance economic growth and poverty reduction.

She also underscored the necessity of Africa's adaption to climate change with a comprehensive strategies.

Climate change is an urgent development challenge with the potential to derail progress towards achieving all eight MDGs in Africa. For instance, droughts in Ethiopia have led to collapsed harvests and food shortages. In Rwanda and Tanzania, longer rainy seasons have led to increased malaria in new areas, according to a UNDP handout.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that by 2020, 75 million to 250 million people across sub-Saharan Africa could face water shortages, and rain-fed agriculture could contract by 50 percent in some African countries, it said.

Arriving here on Saturday, Clark is making her trip to four Africa countries, which has already taken her to Mali and Burkina Faso, and will also include a visit to South Africa.