Post-Apartheid Southern Africa: Economic Challenges and Policies for the Future

by Lennart Petersson (Editor)

Overview

This volume brings together some of the best-known and highly-regarded academics in the field to present a timely and comprehensive review of the prospects for economic integration and development in Southern Africa, and to analyse alternative strategies and policies for the future. It presents in-depth country-specific studies of Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique and Tanzania, and has wide appeal to both policy makers and academics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415161848
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/29/1998
Series:	Routledge Studies in Development Economics
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1530L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

1 Introduction PART I South African transition 2 The post-apartheid economy, and after? 3 Changing patterns of inequality in the South African labour market 4 South African trade and industrial policy in a regional context PART II Regional studies 5 Trade integration and economic development: some Southern African issues 6 Regional integration and cereal trade 7 The dynamic role of micro and small enterprises in Southern Africa 8 Is Southern Africa ready for regional monetary integration? 9 Structural adjustment and tradables: a comparative study of Zambia and Zimbabwe 10 Labour market policies and outcomes in post-independence Zimbabwe: lessons for South Africa PART III Country studies 11 The impact on Botswana’s economic prospects of the ending of apartheid 12 Localization and integration between unequal partners: policy implications for Lesotho 13 Trade liberalisation in Mauritius: efficiency gains and labour market effects 14 Mozambique: macroeconomic performance and critical development issues 15 Debt relief and structural adjustment in Tanzania

Editorial Reviews

..(the book)..includes a wide-ranging critique of conventional analyses of the South African political economy, and offers a refreshing Marxian alternative, which will surely become highly influential.(...)Fine and Rustomjee conclude their ingenious essay with a penetrating (but unfortunately brief) analysis of the policies necessary to satisfy the basic needs of the majority. In sum, this is an outstanding contribution that should be read widely and attentively. - Alfredo Saad Filho, South Bank University Business School, Development and Change

From the Publisher

From the proceedings of the August 1996 symposium come 15 contributions on South Africa's transition from apartheid and the impact of this change on the region and its individual countries. South African issues explored include patterns of inequality in the labor market and trade and industrial policy. Six regional studies discuss integration and the cereal trade, the role of micro and small enterprises, possibilities for monetary integration, the effects of structural adjustment programs, and trade integration. Finally the impact of post-apartheid integration is examined in regard to the economies of Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Tanzania. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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