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Joannes Mongardini, Tamon Asonuma, Olivier Basdevant, Alfredo Cuevas, Xavier Debrun, Lars Holger Engstrom, Imelda M. Flores Vazquez, Vitaliy Kramarenko, Lamin Y Leigh, Paul R Masson, and Genevieve Verdier. Building a Common Future in Southern Africa, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed September 18, 2024

Summary

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is the oldest customs union in the world, with significant opportunities ahead for creating higher economic growth and increased welfare benefits to the people of the region, by fulfilling its vision to become an economic community with a common market and monetary union. This volume describes policy options to address the barriers to equitable and sustainable development in the region and outlines a plan for deeper regional integration.

Subject: Economic integration, Fiscal policy, Labor, Labor markets, Monetary unions, Unemployment, Unemployment rate

Keywords: Africa, BOOK, Division chief, Global, Labor markets, Monetary unions, Revenue pool, SACU, SACU country, SACU member, SACU revenue-sharing formula, SACU trade, SACU transfer, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Trade creation, Trade diversion, Unemployment, Unemployment rate, West Africa

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