In the transition process from a centrally planned to a market economy the financial sector has a vitally important role to play. Nevertheless, transformation research has largely neglected rural finance and its link to the development of agriculture and the rural economy. This book intends to fill this gap. It addresses such questions as how and in what sequence can rural finance be restructured, how can it support rural enterprise efficiency and help break the cycle of enterprise inefficiency, illiquidity and over-indebtedness, how can the typical constraints of uncertain land-ownership for...
In the transition process from a centrally planned to a market economy the financial sector has a vitally important role to play. Nevertheless, transf...
North-South Free Trade Agreements are supposed to improve African countries access to competitive inputs and consumer goods, to assist in creating an enabling trading environment and to help to improve the competitiveness of domestic companies by involving them in international networks. Negative effects such as revenue losses and trade diversion are meant to be offset by safeguard measures, technical assistance, and economic growth. The effects of a free trade agreement between the EU and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries, especially relating to export performance,...
North-South Free Trade Agreements are supposed to improve African countries access to competitive inputs and consumer goods, to assist in creating an ...
