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Building a Common Future in Southern Africa / Joannes Mongardini, Tamon Asonuma, Olivier Basdevant, Alfredo Cuevas, Xavier Debrun, Lars Engstrom, Imelda Flores Vazquez, Vitaliy Kramarenko, Lamin Leigh, Paul Masson, Geneviève Verdier.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Mongardini, Joannes.
- Series:
- Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Customs unions--Africa, Southern.
- Customs unions.
- Regionalism--Africa, Southern.
- Regionalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (140 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is the oldest customs union in the world, with significant opportunities ahead for creating higher economic growth and increased welfare benefits to the people of the region, by fulfilling its vision to become an economic community with a common market and monetary union. This volume describes policy options to address the barriers to equitable and sustainable development in the region and outlines a plan for deeper regional integration.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 The Economics of Regional Integration: Current Challenges and Future Opportunities for Southern Africa; 2 The Benefits of Trade Integration in the Southern African Customs Union; 3 Southern African Customs Union Revenue Volatility: Roots and Options for Mitigation; 4 Designing Fiscal Policies within the Southern African Customs Union; 5 Welfare Effects of Monetary Integration: The Common Monetary Area and Beyond; 6 Closing the Jobs Gap in the Southern African Customs Union; References; The Authors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781475516746
- 1475516746
- 9781475527575
- 1475527578
- 9781475528985
- 1475528981
- OCLC:
- 842885120
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