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This chapter critiques Africa’s structural dependency within an asymmetric global order dominated by the Global North, its transnational corporations, IFIs, and NATO. It explores how the Monrovia Strategy and Lagos Plan of Action (LPA) were undermined by the 1981 Berg Report and Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) under the Washington Consensus. These externally imposed neo-liberal reforms deepened Africa’s debt crisis, dismantled protectionist policies, and weakened public services. The chapter argues that Cold War rivalries and reluctance to cede sovereignty undermined the LPA and later the Abuja Treaty, which, despite institutional intentions, remained rhetorical and subservient to Bretton Woods institutions. NEPAD marks a shift towards extra-regional partnerships, yet Africa’s integration remains constrained by historical and systemic dependencies.

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The Lagos Plan of Action: The 1991 Abuja Treaty and Bretton Woods Institutions

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    2025年

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  • Malusi Mncube

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This chapter critiques Africa’s structural dependency within an asymmetric global order dominated by the Global North, its transnational corporations, IFIs, and NATO. It explores how the Monrovia Strategy and Lagos Plan of Action (LPA) were undermined by the 1981 Berg Report and Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) under the Washington Consensus. These externally imposed neo-liberal reforms deepened Africa’s debt crisis, dismantled protectionist policies, and weakened public services. The chapter argues that Cold War rivalries and reluctance to cede sovereignty undermined the LPA and later the Abuja Treaty, which, despite institutional intentions, remained rhetorical and subservient to Bretton Woods institutions. NEPAD marks a shift towards extra-regional partnerships, yet Africa’s integration remains constrained by historical and systemic dependencies.