Post-Apartheid Southern Africa: Economic Challenges and Policies for the Future

ISBN-13: 9780415161848 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 376 str.

Lennart Petersson

Opis

After decades of economic decline and potential instability, the Southern African region has engaged in a process of rapid and far-reaching political and economic changes. This development has been reinforced by South Africa's transition from apartheid, a transition which has created optimistic expectations not only for that country but also for the southern African regions as a whole. This book brings together academics in the field to present a review of the prospects for economic integration and development in Southern Africa, and to analyse alternative strategies and policies for the future. The volume is divided into three parts. The first section discusses economic policy in contemporary South Africa, and focuses on the many and diverse problems facing the new government. Part Two examines the issues of regional integration and structural adjustment that have been promoted simultaneously as two separate and complementary facets of the revival and acceleration of development.

Recenzje

..(the book)..includes a wide-ranging critique of conventional analyses of the South African political economy, and offers a refreshing Marxian alternative, which will surely become highly influential.(...)Fine and Rustomjee conclude their ingenious essay with a penetrating (but unfortunately brief) analysis of the policies necessary to satisfy the basic needs of the majority. In sum, this is an outstanding contribution that should be read widely and attentively. - Alfredo Saad Filho, South Bank University Business School, Development and Change

Spis treści

1 Introduction PART I South African transition 2 The post-apartheid economy, and after? 3 Changing patterns of inequality in the South African labour market 4 South African trade and industrial policy in a regional context PART II Regional studies 5 Trade integration and economic development: some Southern African issues 6 Regional integration and cereal trade 7 The dynamic role of micro and small enterprises in Southern Africa 8 Is Southern Africa ready for regional monetary integration? 9 Structural adjustment and tradables: a comparative study of Zambia and Zimbabwe 10 Labour market policies and outcomes in post-independence Zimbabwe: lessons for South Africa PART III Country studies 11 The impact on Botswana’s economic prospects of the ending of apartheid 12 Localization and integration between unequal partners: policy implications for Lesotho 13 Trade liberalisation in Mauritius: efficiency gains and labour market effects 14 Mozambique: macroeconomic performance and critical development issues 15 Debt relief and structural adjustment in Tanzania

O autorze

Lennart Petersson