| Africa and Development Challenges in the New Millennium: The Nepad Debate Contributor(s): Adésn, J. O. (Editor), Codesria (Editor), Graham, Yao (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1842775952 ISBN-13: 9781842775950 Publisher: Zed Books OUR PRICE: $40.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: This book is the first major attempt by Africa's own scholarly and research community to explore the meaning of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa's Development) and its potential for moving beyond mere political rhetoric to real policies. Key questions are raised around NEPAD's consistency with the market-oriented nature of the globalized world economy, poverty, gender and regional development within the African continent. Contributors examine what NEPAD means for particular sectors, including agriculture, industrialization, trade, and the socalled digital divide. And in a concluding section, the thorny issues relating to the financing of Africa's development in the years to come are raised. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Development - Economic Development |
| Dewey: 338.96 |
| LCCN: 2006041827 |
| Series: Africa in the New Millennium |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.41" W x 8.49" (0.83 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. African 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, industrialization, 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. |