S O U T H E R N
A F R I C A N
D E V E L O P M E N T
C O M M U N I T Y
3.3
Infrastructure and Services ............................................................................................................... 28
3.4
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources .......................................................................................... 33
3.5
Social and Human Development and Special Programmes............................................................... 39
3.6
Cross-cutting Issues.......................................................................................................................... 45
3.7
Information and Communications...................................................................................................... 51
3.8
Environment and Sustainable Development .................................................................................... 52
CHAPTER 4
Priority Intervention Areas
4.1
Background ....................................................................................................................................... 55
4.2
Poverty Eradication ........................................................................................................................... 56
4.3
Combating of the HIV and AIDS Pandemic........................................................................................ 56
4.4
Gender Equality and Development.................................................................................................... 57
4.5
Science and Technology .................................................................................................................... 59
4.6
Information and Communications Technology .................................................................................. 60
4.7
Environment and Sustainable Development .................................................................................... 62
4.8
Private Sector.................................................................................................................................... 63
4.9
Statistics ........................................................................................................................................... 64
4.10 Trade, Economic Liberalisation and Development............................................................................. 65
4.11
Infrastructure Support for Regional Integration and Poverty Eradication ......................................... 67
4.12 Sustainable Food Security................................................................................................................. 70
4.13 Human and Social Development ....................................................................................................... 73
CHAPTER 5
Sustainable Financing of the RISDP
5.1
Introduction....................................................................................................................................... 77
5.2
Financing for Development in SADC .................................................................................................. 77
5.3
Financial Structures and Mechanisms for Financing Development in SADC ..................................... 81
CHAPTER 6
Implementation and Coordination Mechanisms
6.1
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 85
6.2
Principles for RISDP Implementation ................................................................................................ 85
6.3
Challenges to RISDP Implementation ............................................................................................... 86
6.4
Institutional Arrangements for the Implementation of the RISDP..................................................... 87
CHAPTER 7
Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism
7.1
Overview ..........................................................................................................................................
7.2
Monitoring .......................................................................................................................................
7.3
Evaluation ........................................................................................................................................
7.4
Summary of Roles ............................................................................................................................
7.5
Strategies.........................................................................................................................................
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Annexes ...................................................................................................................................................... 95
Glossary ...................................................................................................................................................... 143