Inter-Africa Group/ISS Book Launch: The African Union and New Strategies for Development in Africa

Date: 2009-06-02 to Invalid date

Inter-Africa Group/ISS Book Launch: The African Union and New Strategies for Development in Africa
Addis Ababa, 2 June 2009

 

The Conflict Prevention Programme of the ISS Addis Ababa Office and the Inter-Africa Group cordially invite you to a book launch on The African Union and New Strategies for Development in Africa, edited by Said Adejumobi and Adebayo Olukoshi.

 

Book Summary:

 

This book is a landmark contribution in a systematic attempt to comprehend Africa’s regional development strategy led by the African Union. It examines the background, nuances and dimensions of the process, which include the basis and historiography of pan-Africanism, the transition of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) to the African Union (AU), the issue of popular participation in development, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) initiatives, alternative development paradigms to the current but ill-fated neo-liberalism, the evolving regional peace and security architecture, and the efforts of regional institutions to facilitate democracy and good governance on the continent. Formidable obstacles and challenges abound in the trajectory, politics and processes of this regional development paradigm especially as Africa navigates an uncertain future in a deeply divided and unequal, yet globalised World.

 

The book assembles leading African and Africanist scholars and practitioners who have not only researched extensively on those issues but interacted closely with Africa’s regional development project. From this vantage position, they provide very insightful yet critical analyses of the African integration project.

 

Date: Tuesday, 2 June 2009
Time: 17h00 - 18h30
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

 

Enquiries: Ms Yemissrach Tadesse, Tel: (+251) 011-372-11-54; Fax: (+251) 011-372-59-54; E-mail: [email protected]