namibia: Nepad Has Little to Offer Us, Says Namibian Think-Tank

The Namibia Economic Policy Research Unit has become the latest economic think-tank to criticise the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad). In a report, the unit said the recovery plan had "little to offer Namibia". Namibia could benefit, however, from a "neighbourhood effect". If most countries in Africa were stable, peaceful places, trade within Africa would increase and more investment would be attracted. But the think-tank said it was unlikely that Nepad alone could do this.