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The Future of Africa - A New Order in Sight (Paperback)
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The Future of Africa - A New Order in Sight (Paperback)
Series: Adelphi series
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In an age of unprecedented world-wide prosperity, forty per cent of
Africa's 600 million people exist on less than US $1 per day, and a
third of its 53 states are affected by conflict.
The African Union (AU) is intended, in part, to mark a new
beginning where Africans are more focused on the current issues
they confront. In particular, the New Partnership for Africa's
Development (NEPAD) has been hailed by African leaders as an
important new initiative in development that asks the Africans
themselves to assume responsibility for fostering democracy, good
governance, and conflict resolution.
Now is therefore an appropriate time to examine the prospects for
African development and conflict resolution. Does NEPAD represent
an approach that could at least provide some hope to ending
Africa's poor economic performance and does it and the AU represent
a new approach towards conflict resolution? Will NEPAD have a
marked impact on the quality of political, economic and corporate
governance in Africa? Or are NEPAD and the AU just two more grand
proposals destined to die rather quickly?
This book provides a brief review of African development and
security over the past three decades. It assesses the progress made
by South Africa since 1994 and describes current Western approaches
to Africa with a focus on how much opportunity these stances
provide for countries south of the Sahara to develop comprehensive
new ideas to address their problems. The book reviews NEPAD and the
AU to gauge the potential of these initiatives to take advantage of
Western policies and to address Africa's structural problems. It
suggests what must be done for African countries to reverse their
growth and security trajectories by asking if any African country
will establish the prerequisites for sustained high-level growth.
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