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New partnerships for Africa's development (NEPAD) and Malawi civil society in retrospect
5 July 2003
Dalitso Kingsley Kubalasa
Paper for the NePAD Winterschool held at Khanya College in South Africa from 30th June to 5th July 2003,
organised by Jubilee Southern Africa
Contact: mejn@sdnp.org.mw
Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN)
Posted with permission of Dalitso Kingsley Kubalasa, Malawi Economic Justice Network
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Introduction
I feel greatly privileged and humbled by the opportunity to present an understanding of my brief for this Winterschool, hinging on bringing a comparative Malawian perspective. This, I believe, is a fair assignment since I could not reasonably be expected to have an intimate knowledge of the other African countries that can only be acquired by close proximity, as is the case with all the colleagues from the other countries. This is not to suggest that I will not touch on African perspective; rather it is to underscore that I will do so tangentially and in full deference to the expertise and intimate knowledge of Africa assembled here. I will be drawing heavily on NePAD not as a bracing tonic for African patriotism but to underscore it in the context of the development path of Africa - particularly with a focus on the Malawi scenario, alongside the sharing of experiences on how Malawi can effectively play a role in bringing people of Africa to participate in their own development agenda.
I would not dwell much on whether the NePAD process was as participatory and/or as consultative enough (or not) in harnessing the real African input as the other processes such as Poverty Reduction Strategy formulation, among others have been, but rather on the role the ordinary people of Africa enshrine us all in, in ensuring participation in the formulation and implementation of effective alternatives to development paths for Africa.
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