In 2001 NEPAD - the New Partnership for Africa's Development - was
launched by South African President Thabo Mbeke and Abdoulaye Wade,
President of Senegal. Its founding assumption was that African
governments had to take much more responsibility for their economic,
political and social policy if real development were to be achieved.
AFRICA & DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM is the first
major attempt by African scholars and policy makers to evaluate the
meaning of NEPAD in concrete terms. The authors raise key questions
about NEPAD's ability to integrate Africa with the global economy, to
overcome the challenge of poverty, and to bring about regional
development. The book also addresses what NEPAD means for agriculture,
industrialisation, trade and the « digital divide ». This is an
important contribution to our understanding of NEPAD, why it has
already run into extensive criticism, and the prospects for a new,
more positive chapter in Africa's development.
