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COVID-19 and trade facilitation in Southern Africa: Implications for the AfCFTACOVID-19 has created a trade crisis in Southern Africa, with a dramatic slowdown in cross-border trade...
COVID-19 Trade facilitation Regional integrationResearch Brief
Tackling poverty and inequality in Southern Africa: Transnational growth corridors as a solutionComprehensive harmonization is crucial to eliminate inefficiencies that hamper free movement of goods and services in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region...
Growth Growth corridors Intra-regional tradeWorking Paper
Fast tracking the SADC integration agenda to unlock regional collaboration gains along growth corridors in Southern AfricaDespite more than two decades of economic integration efforts, levels of spatial development inequality remain high within the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...
Growth Growth corridors Intra-regional tradeResearch Brief
Strengthening SADC trade in alternative fuels: Reducing the impact of global oil pricesAnalysis of World Bank data ranging from 1990–2017 indicates that increases in global oil prices would have negative effects on the economic growth of SADC, especially Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Mauritius...
Economic growth Oil prices Panel data analysisWorking Paper
Assessment of demand in agro-processing machinery in the SADC region: A case study of the maize-milling machinery value chain in South Africa and ZambiaThis working paper is the fourth in a series that forms part of the project ‘Southern Africa – Towards Inclusive Economic Development’, a three-year partnership between UNU-WIDER and the South African government aimed at generating ...
Agro-processing Industrialization Agricultural industriesWorking Paper
Motorcycle parts and aftermarket industry regional value chain in Southern AfricaThis paper provides an overview of the structure, key functions, and characteristics of the motorcycle parts and aftermarket industries in Southern Africa in order to identify challenges to and opportunities for growth in these industries...
Aftermarket Industrialization MotorcyclesWorking Paper
Evaluating the impact of global oil prices on the SADC and the potential for increased trade in biofuels and natural gas within the regionThis paper investigates whether Southern African Development Community countries that are vulnerable to changes in oil prices could instead substitute oil and petroleum products with biofuels and gas from within the region...
Economic growth Oil prices Panel data analysisWorking Paper
Black cat, white cat: Lessons to be learned from ASEANThere is general agreement at present that the Southern African Development Community needs to re-imagine itself and breathe new life into its somewhat moribund structure...
Regional integration Regional associations SADC