The New Partnership for Africa’s Development

The paper examines NEPAD as a holistic development initiative for Africa, contrasting it with earlier plans like the Lagos Plan of Action and the Abuja Treaty. It highlights NEPAD's focus on globalisation, good governance via the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), and its specific administrative structures. While the author notes progress in policy development and some specific projects, such as the West Africa Gas Pipeline and e-School Initiative, the report concludes that overall implementation is hindered by inadequate capacity in regional economic communities and a lack of sufficient funding from developed partners.

• NEPAD differs from previous African initiatives by accepting globalisation as a reality and emphasizing good governance through the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM), whereas earlier plans like the Lagos Plan of Action and the African Priority Programme for Economic Recovery (APPER) often blamed external forces for economic failures.
• The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is a voluntary self-assessment system where acceding countries commit to reviews in four areas: democracy and political governance, economic governance and management, corporate governance, and socio-economic development.
• Implementation of NEPAD projects is generally slow, with most not progressing beyond feasibility studies due to a lack of capacity in regional economic communities (RECs) and insufficient financial resource flows from developed partners.
• Specific project progress includes the West Africa Gas Pipeline, which received over USD 500 million in commitments from companies including Chevron Texaco and Shell, and the e-School Initiative launched in Uganda, Ghana, Lesotho, and Kenya in 2005.

APA

Mashele, P. (2006). The New Partnership for Africa’s Development. Institute for Security Studies. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/paper125.pdf

Chicago

Mashele, Prince. The New Partnership for Africa’s Development. Institute for Security Studies, 2006. https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/paper125.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{mashele2006new, author = {Mashele, Prince}, title = {{The New Partnership for Africa’s Development}}, institution = {Institute for Security Studies}, year = {2006}, month = mar, url = {https://issafrica.s3.amazonaws.com/site/uploads/paper125.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }