Free Trade Agreements and the SADC Economies

Lewis, Jeffrey D.

doi:10.1093/jae/12.2.156

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“…2 Lewis et al (2003) find that unilateral access to the EU is more beneficial for SADC countries than a SADC FTA because the SADC countries trade more with the EU than with each other, but that all the FTAs are trade-creating. Keck and Piermartini (2005) find that EPAs with the EU lead to substantive increases in real GDP for SADC, and that in most SADC countries further gains may arise from intra-SADC liberalization.…”

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The welfare impact of a Free Trade Agreement: ‘Cape to Cairo’

Jensen¹,

Sandrey

Vink

2012

Agrekon

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The welfare impact of a Free Trade Agreement: ‘Cape to Cairo’

Jensen¹,

Sandrey

Vink

2012

Agrekon

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“…That said, however, the SADC region has made significant progress in eliminating tariffs for intra-regional trade, particularly with the inception of the SADC Free Trade Area (FTA) and the establishment of the SADC Customs Union [72,73]. It was anticipated that lifting tariffs for intra-regional flows would lower transport costs and lead to more intra-regional trade.…”

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Barriers and Enablers for Short Sea Shipping in the Southern African Development Community

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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is an economic community comprised of 16 countries in Southern Africa with a goal to achieve development, peace, security, and economic growth. Developing the regional freight transport system is essential for accomplishing these objectives. This paper investigates the potential of short sea shipping (SSS) in an African context, highlighting policy initiatives related to SSS development and identifying barriers and enablers of SSS to support international trade in the SADC region. According to our findings, SSS has the theoretical potential to work in the SADC given the large geographic region, projected freight volumes, and customs and trade policies the SADC region is pursuing. Such a system would have three main roles: to offer unimodal freight transport between port cities, to offer the main leg of an intermodal route, and to offer feeder services to deep sea shipping in a hub-and-spoke cycle. However, freight transport in the SADC region has a number of shortfalls that need to be addressed—of note, port competitiveness, customs provisions, and policies for intra-regional trade require impetus. Additional work is required in terms of policy to support SSS. Furthermore, considering the importance of synergies, the role of policy makers in improving trust, and developing cooperation among transport chain members needs to be explored.

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“…Livestock plays a critical and varied role in the economies of SADC states. At household level, livestock provides food, income and is generally regarded as an asset, while at a national and regional level it contributes to food security, trade and GDP [8,40]. It follows then that the negative disruption of wealth and exacerbation of poverty through animal diseases within rural communities will impede the general social way of life.…”

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The Socio-Economic Impact of Controlled and Notifiable Wildlife Diseases in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) States of Africa

RV¹

2014

Poult Fish Wildl Sci

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The African continent is endowed with abundant wildlife, which attracts a vast majority of international and national visitors and with them foreign revenue. Eco-tourism therefore remains one of the most significant contributors to the economies of many developing countries in Africa. However, these financial reserves are continuously threatened by the emergence of endemic and/or exotic diseases that compromise both the wildlife and livestock industries of such countries. Livestock farming is a way of living for many people in many African countries especially in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) states and outbreaks of viral disease, whether endemic or exotic, results in the imposition of stringent food-safety regulations by lucrative foreign markets, thus preventing the export of animals and/or animal products from these regions. This paper aims to highlight the specific social and economic consequences on both the SADC regions as well as selected developing countries in the north of Africa, that are imposed by two viral diseases, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), a devastating disease that affects the livestock industries worldwide and Avian Influenza Virus (AIV), an exotic viral disease of birds, which not only affects the poultry industries globally, but also has the potential of causing a pandemic. The SADC states can greatly enhance its chances of reducing poverty and building rural economies by addressing the strategies that deal specifically with these two wildlife diseases and in doing so, develop necessary policies that will aid in the assessment and prevention of future outbreak situations.

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Free Trade Agreements and the SADC Economies

Cited by 30 publications

References 33 publications

The welfare impact of a Free Trade Agreement: ‘Cape to Cairo’

The welfare impact of a Free Trade Agreement: ‘Cape to Cairo’

Barriers and Enablers for Short Sea Shipping in the Southern African Development Community

The Socio-Economic Impact of Controlled and Notifiable Wildlife Diseases in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) States of Africa

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