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This chapter critically examines NEPAD as a contemporary embodiment of Pan-African economic integration, tracing its historical evolution from the Lagos Plan of Action through the failures of Structural Adjustment Programmes to the establishment of the African Economic Community. Anchored in the Abuja Treaty and regional economic communities (RECs), NEPAD’s infrastructure initiatives, most notably PIDA, are assessed for their role in reducing transaction costs, fostering intra-African trade, and catalysing investment. The chapter employs a post-positivist, constructivist-functional meta-theory to analyse NEPAD's alignment with Agenda 2063 and the 4IR, concluding that productive integration via regional value chains will industrialise and diversify Africa’s economy for greater resilience and competitiveness.

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The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD): The Neo-liberal-Driven Global Partnership Model

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    2025年

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  • Malusi Mncube

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This chapter critically examines NEPAD as a contemporary embodiment of Pan-African economic integration, tracing its historical evolution from the Lagos Plan of Action through the failures of Structural Adjustment Programmes to the establishment of the African Economic Community. Anchored in the Abuja Treaty and regional economic communities (RECs), NEPAD’s infrastructure initiatives, most notably PIDA, are assessed for their role in reducing transaction costs, fostering intra-African trade, and catalysing investment. The chapter employs a post-positivist, constructivist-functional meta-theory to analyse NEPAD's alignment with Agenda 2063 and the 4IR, concluding that productive integration via regional value chains will industrialise and diversify Africa’s economy for greater resilience and competitiveness.