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Can South and Southern Africa become Globally Competitive Economies?

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Editors:
  1. Gavin Maasdorp

    1. Economic Research Unit, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Overview: Avoiding Marginalisation

    1. Overview: Avoiding Marginalisation

      • Gavin Maasdorp
      Pages 1-16

  3. Marginalisation in the Global Economy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Why is Africa Marginal in the World Economy?

      • William Easterly
      Pages 19-30

  4. Regional and National Marginalisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. The Changing International Economic System

      • Peter Robson
      Pages 33-44

    3. Can Regional Integration Help Southern Africa?

      • Gavin Maasdorp
      Pages 45-52

    4. Small Countries within Regional Integration

      • Michael Matsebula, Vakashile Simelane
      Pages 53-60

    5. Migration and the Brain Drain

      • Oliver Saasa
      Pages 61-66

  5. Marginalisation within Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Income Inequality and Poverty in South Africa

      • Mike McGrath
      Pages 69-78

    3. Public Expenditure and Poverty in Namibia

      • Irene Tlhase, Tjiuai Kangueehi
      Pages 79-84

    4. Provincial Marginalisation: KwaZulu-Natal

      • Nick Wilkins
      Pages 85-91

  6. Choosing Winning Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Asian Lessons in Sustainable Development

      • Seiji Naya
      Pages 95-106

    3. The Real Exchange Rate and Reserve Management: Latin America in the 1990s

      • Felipe Larraín
      Pages 107-122

    4. Currency Convertibility and External Reserves

      • Laurence Clarke
      Pages 123-136

    5. Internationalisation of Capital Markets

      • S. Ghon Rhee
      Pages 137-147

    6. Macroeconomic Policy Lessons from Africa

      • Anselm London
      Pages 148-158

    7. Macroeconomics and Marginalisation: The Triumph of Hope over Experience

      • Tony Hawkins
      Pages 159-171
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About this book

Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world where the population is worse off today than it was 20 years ago. Thus, global interest has shifted away from Africa, and Africa is referred to as the 'marginalised continent'. But is this decline inevitable or is it reversible? The papers in this book attempt to answer this question, examining policies to avoid marginalisation and ensure that Southern Africa, the most promising part of the continent, and South Africa, its engine of economic growth, become competitive in the new world trade order.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Economic Research Unit, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa

    Gavin Maasdorp

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Can South and Southern Africa become Globally Competitive Economies?

  • Editors: Gavin Maasdorp

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24972-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-65388-3Published: 24 September 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-24972-5Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 285

  • Topics: Regional/Spatial Science, Development Economics

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