Can South and Southern Africa Become Globally Competitive Economies?

ISBN-13: 9780333653883 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 285 str.

Gavin Maasdorp

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Notes on the Contributors - Preface and Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Overview: Avoiding Marginalisation; G.Maasdorp - PART 1: MARGINALISATION IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY - Why is Africa Marginal in the World Economy?; W.Easterly - PART 2: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MARGINALISATION - The Changing International Economic System; P.Robson - Can Regional Integration Help Southern Africa?; G.Maasdorp - Small Countries within Regional Integration; M.Matsebula & V.Simelane - Migration and the Brain Drain; O.Saasa - PART 3: MARGINALISATION WITHIN COUNTRIES - Income Inequality and Poverty in South Africa; M.McGrath - Public Expenditure and Poverty in Namibia; I.Tlhase & T.Kangueehi - Provincial Marginalisation: KwaZulu-Natal; N.Wilkins - PART 4: CHOOSING WINNING POLICIES - Asian Lessons in Sustainable Development; S.Naya - The Real Exchange Rate and Reserve Management: Latin America in the 1990s; F.Larrain - Currency Convertibility and External Reserves; L.Clarke - Internationalisation of Capital Markets; S.Ghon Rhee - Macroeconomic Policy Lessons for Africa; A.London - Macroeconomics and Marginalisation: the Triumph of Hope over Experience; T.Hawkins - Effective Investment and Competitiveness; M.Unger - Improving the Business Environment; P.Holden - Avoiding Corporate Marginalisation; M.W.Arnold - Technology and Unmarginalising; R.Riddell - PART 5: SOME SOUTHERN AFRICAN ISSUES - South Africa's Economic Reforms; M.Holden - The South African Labour Market; J.Hofmeyr - Labour Legislation and the Zimbabwean Economy; J.Foroma - Helping Small and Medium Business; M.Hesketh - Health, Education and Productivity; A.Whiteside - Select Bibliography and References - Index