Nepad and the African Renaissance [2006]

This book is about NEPAD and the need for the African renaissance. It focuses on the objectives of the NEPAD plan of action and seeks to demonstrate how the successful implementation of these objectives could help to arrest the trend of political and socio-economic decline experienced on the African continent.

It is written for Business People and will help major corporations as well as government, parastatals and NGOs to understand NEPAD and derive benefits from it. The book is also written for academics and students and will guide local, provincial and central government officials to a better understanding of what NEPAD is and how it functions.

The five parts of the book deal with:

The African continent and the concept of renaissance

• The political economy and social development of African countries
• General perceptions of the African continent
• NEPAD and its objectives
• Implementation of NEPAD