Developmental Regionalism and Regional Value Chains

Pitfalls to South Africa's Vision for the Tripartite Free Trade Area

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ID2303444
AutoresSören Scholvin (0000-0001-5911-2718, Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography, University of Hannover., autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume53
Fascículo3
Páginas115-129
Data de publicação2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAfrica Spectrum (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-0397 • E-ISSN: 1868-6869
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/000203971805300305
OpenAlexW2913866307
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas14

Regional integration via the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) received a significant boost when the South African parliament signed the corresponding agreement in October 2018. This article uncovers the convictions and objectives that drive South Africa's commitment to the TFTA. It reveals that South Africa sees the TFTA as a means of 'developmental regionalism,' which is expected to facilitate region-wide industrialisation based on value addition in regional value chains (RVCs). For this purpose, South Africa seeks to coordinate industrial policies within the TFTA and rehabilitate infrastructure jointly with the regional states. In addition to explaining the logic behind these goals, and analysing how far they have already been achieved, the article also highlights important challenges to South Africa's vision for the TFTA. It calls the prospects of developmental regionalism into question, being particularly sceptical about the way in which RVCs are conceived

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