Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa
The decade to 2015 saw rapid growth in trade between Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. Much of this growth reflected South African exports to its neighbours of diversified manufactured goods to meet growing urban consumption and to supply inputs to mining and infrastructure. W...
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| author | Arndt, Channing Roberts, Simon J. |
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| description | The decade to 2015 saw rapid growth in trade between Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. Much of this growth reflected South African exports to its neighbours of diversified manufactured goods to meet growing urban consumption and to supply inputs to mining and infrastructure. While most SADC countries, aside from South Africa, grew quite rapidly over this period, their exports remained oriented to a narrow range of minerals and agricultural commodities destined to go outside the region. Drawing from a series of sectoral studies, we assess key regional issues including the investment and production decisions of firms whose operations stretch across borders, and consider the implications for a bottom-up integration agenda that could build productive capabilities across countries. Our evaluation highlights the importance of the spread of supermarkets, the need to address transport and logistics, and value chains whose competitive advantages are inherently regional, as in the cases of poultry and mining. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1473232024-10-25T07:59:34Z Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa Arndt, Channing Roberts, Simon J. community development poultry food products feed crops capacity development mining equipment regional policies supermarkets The decade to 2015 saw rapid growth in trade between Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. Much of this growth reflected South African exports to its neighbours of diversified manufactured goods to meet growing urban consumption and to supply inputs to mining and infrastructure. While most SADC countries, aside from South Africa, grew quite rapidly over this period, their exports remained oriented to a narrow range of minerals and agricultural commodities destined to go outside the region. Drawing from a series of sectoral studies, we assess key regional issues including the investment and production decisions of firms whose operations stretch across borders, and consider the implications for a bottom-up integration agenda that could build productive capabilities across countries. Our evaluation highlights the importance of the spread of supermarkets, the need to address transport and logistics, and value chains whose competitive advantages are inherently regional, as in the cases of poultry and mining. 2018-09-26 2024-06-21T09:13:18Z 2024-06-21T09:13:18Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147323 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Arndt, Channing; and Roberts, Simon J. 2018. Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa. Development Southern Africa 35(3): 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2018.1469970 |
| spellingShingle | community development poultry food products feed crops capacity development mining equipment regional policies supermarkets Arndt, Channing Roberts, Simon J. Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa |
| title | Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa |
| title_full | Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa |
| title_fullStr | Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa |
| title_short | Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa |
| title_sort | key issues in regional growth and integration in southern africa |
| topic | community development poultry food products feed crops capacity development mining equipment regional policies supermarkets |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147323 |
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