非洲聯盟和非洲發展新夥伴計畫

African Union and New Partnerships for Africa's Development

成立近40年的非洲團結組織（OAU）功成身退，在2002年為非洲聯盟（AU）所取代。非洲國家過去因為缺乏良善治理而無法獲得足夠外援來協助其脫離貧窮、邁向經濟發展的困境，是否因為這個區域組織所揭櫫較為積極介入的新原則而有所改進？在AU創建之前一年就成立、並在隨後納入AU運作的非洲發展新夥伴關係（Nepad），是否因為有自清門戶的非洲同儕評鑑機制（APRM）之設計，而能成為非洲地區向西方尋求經濟協助的有效工具？本文透過對Nepad的詳盡介紹與分析，對其成立三年多以來的進展，作一期中報告。

After nearly forty years of operation, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) closed its door in 2002 and was replaced by the African Union (AU). In the past, lack of good governance was the main reason that African countries failed to receive much needed foreign assistance to alleviate poverty and promote development. With the new organization's principle of more active engagement and intervention, will we see improvement in governance? New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) was born a year before the launching of the African Union and was later incorporated. Can the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) design be more effective in dealing with the West in acquiring necessary aid for development? With a complete introduction and analysis of Nepad, we present a midterm report of mixed results with much room for improvement.