A summary of NEPAD action plans

Abstract

The marginalization of Africa in every aspect, and its current high level of poverty are no longer in doubt and all the evidence have been researched, written and discussed. The issue arising out of these is how to arrest this downward trend and put Africa back firmly on the world’s development agenda, and on the path to irreversible and sustainable development, so that Africa truly claims this millennium. NEPAD has been conceived by African Heads of State as a development framework that will do precisely these things, hence the emphasis on partnership. It is based on the realization that Africa has offered and continues to offer much to the world and humanity, and the rest of the world owes it a duty to respond to its present situation. NEPAD is about uniting the continent as an economic and trading bloc and increasing its competitiveness. It is about changing the current global market and financial architecture. It recognizes that that to do so, Africa must first put its house in order and all African countries must work together toward common goals and objectives. NEPAD brings not just a message of hope, but concrete actions and program to realize the hope.