NEPAD

The New Partnership for Africa's Development

The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is a plan by African leaders that was first presented to the G8 at its Summit in Genoa in 2001. NEPAD was also a major topic for the summit in Kananaskis in 2002.

NEPAD calls for "genuine integration of all nations in the global economy". It shoulders responsibility for previous development failures on African leaders and calls on African leaders to take responsibility for, among other things: promoting democracy and human rights; maintaining macroeconomic stability, instituting transparent legal and regulatory frameworks for financial markets and strengthening mechanisms for conflict prevention.

Many civil society groups welcome an international focus on Africa but reject NEPAD for its uncritical approach to globalization and its elite origins.

• The official website for NEPAD.
• Halifax Initiative Brief for Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
• Africa-Canada Forum, Canadian Council for International Co-operation Commentary on NEPAD.
• Should African movements be part of the "New Partnership for Africa's Development" (NEPAD)? Notes from a speech given by Trevor Ngwane to the African Social Forum's African Seminar at the World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2 February 2002.
• Alternative Information Development Centre, South Africa, Critique of NEPAD.
• Accra Declaration on Africa's Development Challenges.
• Article from the Zimbabwe Independent on NEPAD.

For more information, you can visit the Interchurch Coalition on Africa website.

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