Charity begins at home: The political economy of non-tariff barriers to trade in Southern Africa

Tracy Ledger

No wp-2019-61, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Increased intra-regional trade in southern Africa will have a positive impact on economic growth. However, this requires a shifting of loyalties from the national to the regional. Tension between the goals of long-term regional development and shorter-term national imperatives remains unresolved. This study presents a review of recent and current local content regulation (LCR) initiatives across a sample of the South African Development Community countries. LCRs are widely used across these countries, and their use has increased recently.

Keywords: Local content; Regional integration; Southern African Development Community (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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