Regional growth and development in Southern Africa

Economies in the Southern Africa region face thorny challenges when it comes to the transformation of their economies and the need for job creation and the sharing of the benefits of growth. This project aims to develop, in conjunction with important research/policy institutions in the region, regional growth and development initiatives that generate economic transformation and widely shared development benefits.

The project focuses on two principal elements: (i) firm-level analysis with initial focus on South Africa and (ii) regional growth and development with particular focus, at least initially, on two identified opportunities: agricultural trade including bioenergy and leveraging natural resource investments for inclusive growth.

Intoduction to Regional Growth and Development in Southern Africa project - an interview with Channing Arndt

Channing Arndt, Senior Research Fellow of UNU-WIDER, outlines the main research areas for this project on economic growth in the Southern African region. The project has two main elements – one specifically on the South African economy; the second on the wider SADC region.

Team

Focal point: Channing Arndt

Research fellow: ​John Rand, Carol Newman, Laurence Harris

Assistant: Anne Ruohonen

Communications: Annett Victorero

Core contributors: Rob Davies, Dirk van Seventer

 

In partnership

 

Sub-projects

Regional growth and development opportunities

Biofuel growth opportunities in Southern Africa

Firm and industry level analysis in South Africa

126 articles, publications, projects, experts...

View as

Filter by...

Reset all
Type
    Journal Article
    How do small firms respond to tax schedule discontinuities?

    Part of Journal Special Issue Public economics and development action

    In the media
    Inequality expert for SA-TIED hosted on South African national news channel eNCA
    Journal Article
    Climate change and developing country growth

    We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the economic interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic...

    Research Brief
    Global mitigation policies and developing country economies
    Journal Article
    Policy and trade issues for a future regional biofuels market in Southern Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

    Journal Article
    Economic impacts of developing a biofuel industry in Mozambique

    Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

    Journal Article
    Economy-wide implications of biofuel production in Zambia

    Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

    Journal Article
    Constraints to biofuel feedstock production expansion in Zambia

    Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

    Journal Article
    Institutional arrangements of outgrower sugarcane production in Southern Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

    Journal Article
    Biofuels technology development in Southern Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

    Journal Article
    Bioenergy in Southern Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

    Journal Special Issue
    Bioenergy in Southern Africa

    This journal special issue revisits questions surrounding biofuel futures in Southern Africa and explores the case for the establishment of a regional market. The analysis in this issue suggests that while benefits exist, the key challenges that have...

    Journal Article
    Resource-based industrialisation in Southern Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

    Journal Article
    The causes of high intra-regional road freight rates for food and commodities in Southern Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

    Journal Article
    The southern African poultry value chain

    Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

    Journal Article
    Analysis of the animal feed to poultry value chain in Zambia

    Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

    Journal Article
    The implications for suppliers of the spread of supermarkets in southern Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

    Journal Article
    The internationalisation of supermarkets and the nature of competitive rivalry in retailing in southern Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

    Journal Article
    Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

    Journal Article
    Introduction to special issue on regional growth opportunities

    Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

    Journal Special Issue
    Regional Growth Opportunities

    This issue contains seven articles addressing the major changes underway in the integration of economies in southern Africa. This special issue is based on the UNU-WIDER project 'Regional growth and development in Southern Africa'. This project aims...

    Journal Article
    New data, new approaches and new evidence

    Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

    Journal Article
    Job flows, worker flows and churning in South Africa

    Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

    Journal Article
    Markups and concentration in South African manufacturing sectors

    Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

    Journal Article
    Understanding manufactured exporters at the firm-level

    Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

    Journal Article
    Importing and firm export performance

    Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

    Journal Article
    Total factor productivity in South African manufacturing firms

    Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

    Journal Article
    Introduction to the South African Revenue Service and National Treasury firm-level panel

    Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

    Journal Article
    Introduction

    Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

    Journal Special Issue
    Firm level analysis using administrative record data

    This special issue focuses on a collaborative effort between the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to employ administrative record data from SARS for economic policy analysis. It contains six research articles plus a...

    About
    SA-TIED work stream 4: Turning the tide on inequality

    Under this work stream UNU-WIDER, the National Treasury (NT), and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) will work jointly to address distributional issues in both the bottom half and the top of the income distribution. While...

    News
    New collaborative programme focusing on economic transformation and inequality launched with South African government and other regional organizations
    Displaying 32 of 126 results

    Context

    Main subject

    Theme: Past, 2014-15

    Keywords