The study examined the theory and practice of international political
economy in sub-Saharan Africa from a developmental point of view. The
study looked specifically at the politics of economic integration for
development, multilateral institutions that are involved in the developmental
aid of the region, the challenges posed to sub-Saharan Africa's development
by the international system (multilateral institutions and western developed
countries) and extra regional partnership initiatives for the region's
development.
The study ascertained that sub-Saharan African leaders have, since the era of
decolonisation, embarked on different ways or mechanisms to address the
economic crisis of the region but, however, failed to rescue the region.
Amongst mechanisms adopted was that of creating regional economic
groupings like ECOW AS and SADC. However, majority of regional settings
created for economic development did not have much of successes in saving
sub-Saharan countries from debt crisis. Failure of these settings has been
more pointed on the unpreparedness of other regional countries to cooperate.
Multilateral institutions (IMF, World Bank and WTO) on the other hand,
worsened the underdevelopment situation in the region, and therefore
continued to dictate economic policy to sub-Saharan African countries. This
was possible because many sub-Saharan African countries relied on aid from
these institutions. Multilateral institutions continued to feature in the
underdevelopment of sub-Saharan Africa by posing challenges like
globalisation, economic policy and democratization to the development of
the region. These challenges interfered with the development process of Sub-Saharan
Africa. However, with NEP AD as \ he latest initiative for extra-regional
partnership, there is some hope that sub-Saharan region and Africa
at large will benefit from developmental initiatives proposed by NEP AD. / M.Soc.Sc. (International Relations) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2005
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11410 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Phogojane, Titus Itumeleng Letsae |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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