| Achievements and constraints to integration |
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The Human Development Index (HDI) reflects achievements
in the most basic human capabilities, that is leading a long
life, being knowledgeable and enjoying a decent standard
of living. Three variables that are used to represent these
dimensions are: life expectancy, educational attainment and ..full
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| Salient features of SADC LDCs |
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Regional integration is the unification of
neighbouring states working within a
framework to promote free movement of goods,
services and factors of production, and to co-ordinate
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| SADC in a global context |
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There is little doubt that globalization and market
integration
among developing countries will accelerate,
and trans-border problems will intensify, largely through
the actions of economic actors and corporations. Governments
will struggle to adjust and catch up to new facts and
the needs for new capacity and institutions...full
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| SADC versus other regional groupings |
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Compared to the Economic Community of West
African
States (ECOWAS) grouping, SADC as a body has
made considerable progress in integrating its economies.
The ECOWAS and SADC schemes were hampered by immense
diversities in economic size, historical experiences
and cultural backgrounds...full
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| Future of SADC as an avenue for regional integration |
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There is a fertile landscape for LDCs, for new regional
development and co-operation mechanisms that go be-yond
market integration models. New coalitions of like-minded
states are willing to work seriously on common
problems, and speeds of execution can be applied in more
informal ways....full details
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| Constraints against integration in SADC LDCs |
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Some studies have noted the absence in Africa of
conditions
conducive to successful economic integration,
such as an already high level of intra-regional transactions,
lack of complementarities with regional partners in goods
and factors and potential for product differentiation....full
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| Policy recommendations |
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Many LDCs in SADC now realize that in the many
vulnerabilities they face, there is no future without
regional solutions to compensate for national weaknesses
and limited resource endowments...full
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| Conclusions from the research |
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Since SAPs in Sub-Saharan Africa as a whole, and SADC
in particular, invariably entail trade liberalization on a
unilateral basis, deeper integration is more likely to occur
as a consequence of these policies rather than through the
efforts of regional and sub-regional entities especially established for this purpose...full
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| Selected References |
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....List of references
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| PDF VERSION |
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....SADC Least Developed Countries PDF
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