Fast tracking the SADC integration agenda to unlock regional collaboration gains along growth corridors in Southern Africa

Alexis Habiyaremye

No wp-2020-95, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Despite more than two decades of economic integration efforts, levels of spatial development inequality remain high within the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Owing to persistent delays in the implementation of the SADC integration agenda, infrastructure connectivity is still overly inefficient, while cumbersome customs also continue to impede the free movement of goods and services. This hampers the growth potential of planned spatial development initiatives in the region.

Keywords: Growth; Growth corridors; Intra-regional trade; Regional integration; Southern African Development Community; SADC; Structural transformation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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