REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OUTPUTS OF THE
UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Overview Of The Changes, Trends And Initiatives Undertaken In Africa: 1992-2001; background paper by Wagaki Mwangi, issued by the Heinrich Boell Foundation; September 2001

The paper demonstrates the challenges of assessing progress due to the varied conceptions of sustainable development even among Africans, and then presents a viable framework developed by Ikeme, as the basis that could be used to assess progress made in Africa to date. The paper distinguishes the scourge of HIV/AIDS as the greatest threat to sustainable development in Africa. In respect to governance, the paper considers inter- and intra-state conflicts and their relationship to natural resource management, presents two cases of initiatives that demonstrate viable approaches to contain them. Within the theme of globalisation, the paper concentrates on three issues: information and communication technology (ICTs) and poverty eradication.

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