NEPAD and the Challenges of Millennium Development Goals in 21st Century: A Critical Analysis of Modernization Prescription on Africa's Development - Softcover

Iwuamadi, Chijioke

 
9783838359182: NEPAD and the Challenges of Millennium Development Goals in 21st Century: A Critical Analysis of Modernization Prescription on Africa's Development
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3838359186 ISBN 13: 9783838359182
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

The study is set out to critically examine the New partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) and the challenges of the Millennium Development Goals in the 21st Century. The central research questions that formed the foundation of the study were: Does NEPAD's development strategies fall within development prescriptions of the MDGs? Does NEPAD's stabilization prescription reflect conscious efforts by African leaders to reduce the incidence of poverty? Is NEPAD an alternative to failed development initiatives in Africa? However, to enable us address these puzzles, we designed the following assumptions: The tendency for Africa's received development initiatives to employ modernization strategies appears to institutionalize vicious cycle of underdevelopment in the region. The reliance of developing economies on foreign aids and grants for their development efforts and poverty eradication appears to increase the dependent status of capitalist states. Lastly, we posit that, the inability of African leaders to evolve a home-grown development partnership will likely make NEPAD another failed attempt at Africa's development. "The author can be reached at iwuamadikc@yahoo.com".

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About the Author

Chijioke Kelechi IWUAMADI is a Development and Civil Society Expert, a Researcher and Data Analyst, and a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist. He holds a Masters Degree (M.Sc.)Political Science; B.Sc.Political Science; Diploma in Social Works. He is currently a Research and Ph.D Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nigeria.

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Publisher
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3838359186
ISBN 13 
9783838359182
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
128