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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817091403321

Autore

Mongardini Joannes

Titolo

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, Genevieve Verdier

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2013

ISBN

1-4755-1674-6

1-4755-2757-8

1-4755-2898-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AsonumaTamon

BasdevantOlivier

CuevasAlfredo

DebrunXavier

EngstromLars

Flores VazquezImelda

Disciplina

332

Soggetti

Customs unions - Africa, Southern

Regionalism - Africa, Southern

Exports and Imports

Labor

Macroeconomics

Money and Monetary Policy

Public Finance

Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

Fiscal Policy

Trade: General

Demand and Supply of Labor: General

Trade Policy

International Trade Organizations

International economics

Labour

income economics

Public finance & taxation

Monetary economics

Monetary unions

Labor markets



Unemployment

Unemployment rate

Fiscal policy

Economic integration

Labor market

Exports

Expenditures, Public

Africa, Southern Economic integration

South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.