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Good Governance and Sustainable Development: The New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the African Peer Review Mechanism

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During the past two decades and beyond, Africa was described by various commentators as a continent betrayed, deprived, in chaos, in plight, in self-destruction, in crisis, shackled, existing in name only, being predatory or kleptocratic, collapsed into anarchy or viciousness, and being plundered (Ayittey, 1993, 1998; Hope, 2002a; Hope and Chikulo, 2000; Houngnikpo, 2006; Mbaku, 2007; Schwab, 2001; Guest, 2004). These are but a few of the colorful negative images painted about a continent that lacked the capacity and willingness to implement a sustained policy environment conducive to, among other things, good governance, entrenchment of democracy, peace and security, growth and development, and poverty reduction. However, a new generation of enlightened African leaders decided in the new millennium to stake Africa’s claim to the twenty-first century and help facilitate the continent’s quest to fulfill its promise of better development performance. In that regard, they produced a framework plan entitled the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD).

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Hope, K.R. (2008). Good Governance and Sustainable Development: The New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the African Peer Review Mechanism. In: Poverty, Livelihoods, and Governance in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230615526_6

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