The success of the African Union’s New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) will rely significantly on the strength and performance of regional integration organisations such as SADC, which are the building blocs of the continental framework. This article highlights some of the key aspects of SADC’s macroeconomic environment and the policies that, if implemented effectively, can help the region achieve NEPAD goals and objectives. In another article in this issue we look in some detail at SADC’s single most important economic policy instrument, the SADC Trade Protocol.
