05227oam 22012854 450 991078766690332120230803031301.01-4755-1674-61-4755-2757-81-4755-2898-1(CKB)2670000000420169(EBL)1587763(SSID)ssj0001075265(PQKBManifestationID)11691874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001075265(PQKBWorkID)11244140(PQKB)10901284(MiAaPQ)EBC1587763(Au-PeEL)EBL1587763(CaPaEBR)ebr10739396(CaONFJC)MIL485926(OCoLC)842885120(IMF)BCFSEE(IMF)BCFSEA(EXLCZ)99267000000042016920020129d2013 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBuilding 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 VerdierWashington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2013.1 online resource (140 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-61635-399-6 Includes bibliographical references.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; IndexThe 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.BooksCustoms unionsAfrica, SouthernRegionalismAfrica, SouthernExports and ImportsimfLaborimfMacroeconomicsimfMoney and Monetary PolicyimfPublic FinanceimfUnemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job SearchimfFinancial Aspects of Economic IntegrationimfFiscal PolicyimfTrade: GeneralimfDemand and Supply of Labor: GeneralimfTrade PolicyimfInternational Trade OrganizationsimfInternational economicsimfLabourimfincome economicsimfPublic finance & taxationimfMonetary economicsimfMonetary unionsimfLabor marketsimfUnemploymentimfUnemployment rateimfFiscal policyimfEconomic integrationimfLabor marketimfExportsimfExpenditures, PublicimfAfrica, SouthernEconomic integrationSouth AfricaimfCustoms unionsRegionalismExports and ImportsLaborMacroeconomicsMoney and Monetary PolicyPublic FinanceUnemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job SearchFinancial Aspects of Economic IntegrationFiscal PolicyTrade: GeneralDemand and Supply of Labor: GeneralTrade PolicyInternational Trade OrganizationsInternational economicsLabourincome economicsPublic finance & taxationMonetary economicsMonetary unionsLabor marketsUnemploymentUnemployment rateFiscal policyEconomic integrationLabor marketExportsExpenditures, PublicMongardini Joannes1472708Asonuma Tamon1157565Basdevant Olivier1491229Cuevas Alfredo1485157Debrun Xavier1464155Engstrom Lars247737Flores Vazquez Imelda1497808DcWaIMFBOOK9910787666903321Building a Common Future in Southern Africa3723067UNINA