* T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs and Professor of Economics,
Cornell University. This commentary was prepared at the invitation of
the Southern African Regional Poverty Network.
I am grateful to Richard Humphries of SARPN for the invitation.
The analytical foundations for this commentary are to be found in a number
of papers I have written over the last few years.
See, in particular, Ravi Kanbur, "Cross Border Externalities, International
Public Goods and Their Implications for Aid Agencies," 2001,
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/sk145/papers/IPGWB.pdf
; Ravi Kanbur and Lyn Squire, "The Evolution of Thinking About Poverty:
Exploring the Interactions," in G. Meier and J. Stiglitz (eds.),
Frontiers of Development Economics: The Future in Perspective, Oxford
University Press 2001,
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/sk145/papers/evolution_of_thinking_about_poverty.pdf;
Ravi Kanbur, "Economic Policy, Distribution and Poverty: The Nature of Disagreements," World Development,
June 2001,
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/sk145/papers/Disagreements.pdf; Ravi Kanbur, "Aid, Conditionality
and Debt in Africa," in Finn Tarp (ed), Foreign Aid and Development: Lessons Learnt and Directions
for the Future, Routledge, 2000,
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/sk145/papers/africaid.pdf;
and Ravi Kanbur, "Income Distribution and Development," in A.B.
Atkinson and F. Bourguignon (eds.) Handbook of Income Distribution,
Vol 1, North Holland, 2000,
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/sk145/papers/Income1.pdf.
I have also benefited from reading Stephen Gelb’s recent paper,
"South Africa’s Role and Importance in Africa and for the Development
of the African Agenda," The Edge Institute, October, 2001. The NEPAD document is being updated
continuously. The version on which this commentary is based is dated October 2001,
and is available at
http://www.hsrc.ac.za/corporate/conferences/sarpn/primaryMaterial/NEPAD.php.
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