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The principles of NEPAD include:

• Good governance as a basic requirement for peace, security and sustainable political and socio-economic development

• African ownership and leadership, as well as broad and deep participation by all sectors of society;

• Anchoring the development of Africa on its resources and resourcefulness of its people;

• Partnership between and amongst African peoples;

• Acceleration of regional and continental integration;

• Building the competitiveness of African countries and the continent;

• Forging a new international partnership that changes the unequal relationship between Africa and the developed world; and

• Ensuring that all Partnerships with NEPAD are linked to the Millennium Development Goals and other agreed development goals and targets.

The NEPAD priorities are:

Establishing the Conditions for Sustainable Development by ensuring:

• Peace and security;

• Democracy and good, political, economic and corporate governance;

• Regional co-operation and integration;

• Capacity building.

Policy reforms and increased investment in the following priority sectors:

• Agriculture;

• Human development with a focus on health, education, science and technology and skills development;

• Building and improving infrastructure, including Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Energy, Transport, Water and Sanitation;

• Promoting diversification of production and exports, particularly with respect to agro-industries, manufacturing, mining, mineral beneficiation and tourism;

• Accelerating intra-African trade and improving access to markets of developed countries;

• The environment.

Mobilising Resources by:

• Increasing domestic savings and investments;

• Improving management of public revenue and expenditure;

• Improving Africa’s share in global trade;

• Attracting foreign direct investment; and

• Increasing capital flows through further debt reduction and increase ODA flows.

The NEPAD key priority action areas are:

• Operationalising the African Peer Review Mechanism

• Facilitating and supporting implementation of the short-term regional infrastructure programmes covering Transport Energy, ICT, Water and Sanitation

• Facilitating implementation of the food security and agricultural development programme in all sub-regions

• Facilitating the preparation of a coordinated African position on Market Access, debt relief and ODA reforms

• Monitoring and intervening as appropriate to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals in the areas of health and education are met.

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