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| Title: | Can South African Business Drive Regional Integration on the Continent? |
| Author: | Grobbelaar, Neuma |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Periodical: | South African Journal of International Affairs |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Pages: | 91-106 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Africa South Africa |
| Subjects: | foreign investments private sector international trade economic integration Inter-African Relations Economics and Trade Development and Technology |
| External link: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10220460409545469 |
| Abstract: | Can an emerging African country, such as South Africa, provide the knowledge, technology and capital for the constitution of a new future for Africa, redefining traditional continental trade and investment patterns? Regional integration initiatives in Africa have often been politically driven exercises that largely neglect its most important constituency, business. This paper investigates the impact of South African private sector investment in Africa on traditional trade linkages on the continent and looks at whether such investment is leading to greater economic integration. First, it provides an overall picture of emerging South African investment into the rest of Africa within the broader context of global foreign direct investment (FDI). Second, it assesses the impact of South African investment into the rest of the continent on traditional trade linkages. Third, it asks whether South Africa has enough investment clout to bolster growth in regional trade, leading to greater integration into the global economy and the building of regional economies of scale. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
