Regional cooperation and Southern African development

Bibliographic Data

ID3137723
AuthorsJohn Weeks (0000-0003-1777-1656, corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume22
Issue1
Pages99-117
Publication date1996-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Southern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0305-7070 • E-ISSN: 1465-3893
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03057079608708480
OpenAlexW2014654641
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited9

This article proposes a strategy of development for southern Africa that is an alternative to the neo‐liberal orthodoxy, one in which regional economic integration is a central feature. The first section reviews the debate over orthodox adjustment and reaches the conclusion that IMF and World Bank stabilisation and structural adjustment programmes have demonstrably failed to achieve their stated outcomes. Then, evidence is presented to support the view that there is considerable potential for agricultural trade among the countries of the region. This is followed by a discussion of development strategy on a regional basis which fosters both export growth and domestic production for import‐replacement

Agriculture · Development economics · Economics · Free trade · Geography · International trade · Market economy · Orthodoxy · Political science · Regional development · Regional Integration · Regional science · Regional trade · Structural adjustment · International Development and Aid

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