05212oam 22012974 450 991081709140332120200520144314.01-4755-1674-61-4755-2757-81-4755-2898-1(CKB)2670000000420169(EBL)1587763(SSID)ssj0001075265(PQKBManifestationID)11691874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001075265(PQKBWorkID)11244140(PQKB)10901284(Au-PeEL)EBL1587763(CaPaEBR)ebr10739396(CaONFJC)MIL485926(OCoLC)842885120(IMF)BCFSEE(IMF)BCFSEA(MiAaPQ)EBC1587763(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 Verdier1st ed.Washington, 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, SouthernDemand and Supply of Labor: GeneralimfEconomic integrationimfExpenditures, PublicimfExports and ImportsimfExportsimfFinancial Aspects of Economic IntegrationimfFiscal PolicyimfFiscal policyimfIncome economicsimfInternational economicsimfInternational Trade OrganizationsimfLabor marketimfLabor marketsimfLaborimfLabourimfMacroeconomicsimfMonetary economicsimfMonetary unionsimfMoney and Monetary PolicyimfPublic finance & taxationimfPublic FinanceimfTrade PolicyimfTrade: GeneralimfUnemployment rateimfUnemploymentimfUnemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job SearchimfSouth AfricaimfCustoms unionsRegionalismDemand and Supply of Labor: GeneralEconomic integrationExpenditures, PublicExports and ImportsExportsFinancial Aspects of Economic IntegrationFiscal PolicyFiscal policyIncome economicsInternational economicsInternational Trade OrganizationsLabor marketLabor marketsLaborLabourMacroeconomicsMonetary economicsMonetary unionsMoney and Monetary PolicyPublic finance & taxationPublic FinanceTrade PolicyTrade: GeneralUnemployment rateUnemploymentUnemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search332Mongardini Joannes1619193Asonuma Tamon1157565Basdevant Olivier1619194Cuevas Alfredo1619195Debrun Xavier1619196Engstrom Lars247737Flores Vazquez Imelda1769845DcWaIMFBOOK9910817091403321Building a Common Future in Southern Africa4243167UNINA