Regional Integration of Stock Exchanges in Eastern and Southern Africa: Progress and Prospects
June 1, 2005
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Summary
This paper assesses whether regional cooperation and integration of stock exchanges in eastern and southern Africa could offer a way of overcoming impediments to the exchanges' development. The paper concludes that regional cooperation and, at a later stage, integration, if carried out at the right pace and in a pragmatic way, could improve the liquidity, efficiency, and competitiveness of these exchanges. Further progress in developing national financial markets must precede any actual moves to integrate securities markets. These exchanges could meanwhile benefit from closer cooperation, including by encouraging more crossborder listings and information/technology sharing.
Subject: Capital market integration, Capital markets, Regional integration, Securities markets, Stock markets
Keywords: economic growth, electronic trading, illiquid market, listing requirement, market development, NSX official, SADC exchange, trading system, WP
Pages:
41
Volume:
2005
DOI:
Issue:
122
Series:
Working Paper No. 2005/122
Stock No:
WPIEA2005122
ISBN:
9781451861419
ISSN:
1018-5941
