NEPAD stands for "New Partnership for African Development". It was launched in 2001 by Presidents Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal.
Its primary objectives are:
a) To eradicate poverty;
b) To place African countries, both individually and collectively, on a path of sustainable growth and development;
c) To halt the marginalisation of Africa in the globalisation process and enhance its full and beneficial integration into the global economy;
d) To accelerate the empowerment of women
The programmes website: http://www.nepad.org/2005/files/inbrief.php
Zed books has just released a book about the programme:
Africa and Development Challenges in the New Millennium
The NEPAD Debate
Edited by J. O. Adesina, Yao Graham and A. Olukoshi
(http://www.zedbooks.co.uk/)