NEPAD: the New Partnership for Africa's Development is expected to be at the forefront of debates in Johannesburg, and should be familiar to all delegates from Africa. This folder includes NEPAD's full text. A good summary of NEPAD, in addition to various comments, can be found in the paper presented by Seth Doe Vordzorgbe from the West African NGO network. 'Overall, NEPAD is a positive framework, although its economic framework is grounded in the classical orthodox paradigm,' writes the author. A total rejection of NEPAD is provided by the African Civil Society Declaration from Port Shepstone, which sees the whole initiative as a lifeline for neoliberal globalisation and foreign plunder of the continent. In the menu to the left, you will also find, for instance, some comments by African civil society, the critical Accra Declaration, and a discussion paper linking NEPAD to the Global Deal written by Saliem Fakir, Director of the IUCN's South Africa office.
'Global Deal': this concept basically holds that the rich North should provide open markets, aid and technology in exchange for the poor South undertaking progressive reforms and environmental protection. Although the Danish government's general proposal and the South African government's contribution may still be too ambitious for decision-makers at the WSSD, the basic idea and step-by-step negotiation of such a Global Deal is likely to remain at the heart of North-South cooperation in the near future. It may also be an effective approach to advocacy and lobbying: 'you give something, you get something back' -- without forgetting that each measure considered in the deal is usually in the interest of both parties.
By Berit Asmussen, The Danish ยด92 Group
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'Global Deal': this concept basically holds that the rich North should provide open markets, aid and technology in exchange for the poor South undertaking progressive reforms and environmental protection. Although the Danish government's general proposal and the South African government's contribution may still be too ambitious for decision-makers at the WSSD, the basic idea and step-by-step negotiation of such a Global Deal is likely to remain at the heart of North-South cooperation in the near future. It may also be an effective approach to advocacy and lobbying: 'you give something, you get something back' -- without forgetting that each measure considered in the deal is usually in the interest of both parties.
By Berit Asmussen, The Danish ยด92 Group
http:// www.rio10.dk