Sustainable development and international economic lawin Africa

Abstract

The industrialized world has promoted sustainable development as a method to guarantee the most advantageous kind of progress. This has led to a set of regulations that, albeit being well-intentioned, fails to sufficiently meet the developmental requirements of emerging nations. This has created conflict between first and third-world countries. The developing nations fear that it may offset their developmental prospects. Most African nations' initiatives to embrace sustainable development measures have been more or less contentious. This paper aims to analyze the concept of sustainable development and its level of political acceptability in international economic law concerning African countries. Of particular concern is the argument here that African countries have to be more purposive about sustainable development to ensure that each treaty elicits economic transformation and sustainability.

Keywords: Sustainable development, international economic law, African treaties