| Description |
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations |
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IMF working paper ; WP/13/31 |
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IMF working paper ; WP/13/31.
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| Contents |
Cover; Contents; I. Introduction; Figures; 1. Sub-Saharan Africa: Intra Sub-Saharan Africa Trade Distribution: 1980-2010; II. Interlinkages; A. Trade; Tables; 1. Bilateral Trade with South Africa, 2010; 2. Intra Sub-Saharan Africa Trading Network, 2010; 3. South Africa Trading Network with Key Global Partners, 20101; 4. SACU Countries: Trading Network with Key Global Partners, 2010; 5. Key Global Partners: Trading Network with SACU Partners, 2010; B. Current Account Receipts; 2. Sub-Saharan Africa: Composition of Current Account Receipts, 2010 |
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3. Sub-Saharan Africa: Official Development Assistance from OECD CountriesC. Foreign Direct Investment; 4. Sub-Saharan Africa: Remittances, 2010; 5. Sub-Saharan Africa: Foreign Direct Investment Stocks from Selected Countries, 2010; 6. Sub-Saharan Africa: Key Nonfinancial South African Firms Operating in the Region; D. Financial; 7. Sub-Saharan Africa: Selected Pan-African Financial Groups, 2011; E. Monetary and Exchange Policies; F. Fiscal Policies and Customs Revenue Sharing; 8. Sub-Saharan Africa: Cross-border Banking Operations with South Africa, 2010; III. Macroeconomic Comovements |
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6. SACU: Country Share of Customs Receipts7. Swaziland: Fiscal Policy; IV. Review of Literature; 9. Sub-Saharan Africa: Contemporaneous Correlation with World Macroeconomic Developments, 1990-2011; 10. Sub-Saharan Africa: Contemporaneous Correlation with South African Macroeconomic Developments, 1990-2011; V. Panel Data Evidence; VI. Spillovers Evidence from Vector Autoregressions; 11. Explaining Growth in BLNS Countries; 12. Model 1 and 2-Impulse Response Functions; VII. Conclusions; 13. Model 1 Variance Decompositions; References |
| Summary |
"Spillovers from South Africa into the other members of the Southern Africa Customs Union (known as the BLNS for Botstwana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) are substantial reflecting sizeable real and financial interlinkages. However, shocks to real GDP growth in South Africa do not seem to systematically affect growth developments in BLNS countries as a group. Nevertheless, vector autoregressions, which allow country-specific parameters, suggest some strong spillovers onto the smaller economies"--Abstract |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (IMF Web site, viewed Feb. 5, 2013) |
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"African Department"--Page 2 of pdf |
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"January 2013"--Page 2 of pdf |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 23) |
| Subject |
Southern African Customs Union -- Economic conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Southern African Customs Union fast |
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Investments -- Africa, Southern
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Monetary policy -- Africa, Southern
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Fiscal policy -- Africa, Southern
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Economic development -- Africa, Southern
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic Conditions.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- Comparative.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Economic Conditions.
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Commerce
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Economic development
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Economic history
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Fiscal policy
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International economic relations
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Investments
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Monetary policy
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa -- Foreign economic relations -- Africa, Southern
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Africa, Southern -- Foreign economic relations -- South Africa
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South Africa -- Commerce -- Africa, Southern
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Africa, Southern -- Commerce -- South Africa
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| Subject |
Southern Africa
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South Africa
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gwenhamo, Farayi, author.
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Thomas, Saji, author.
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International Monetary Fund. African Department, issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9781475515541 |
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1475515545 |
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9781475522419 |
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147552241X |
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9781475559156 |
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1475559151 |
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