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

• Autore: Mongardini Joannes
• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (140 p.)
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Africa, Southern Economic integration; South Africa
• Altri autori: AsonumaTamon BasdevantOlivier CuevasAlfredo DebrunXavier EngstromLars Flores VazquezImelda
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Building a Common Future in Southern Africa
• ISBN: 1-4755-1674-6; 1-4755-2757-8; 1-4755-2898-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787666903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Books