Tearing us apart: inequalities in Southern Africa

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Title:	Tearing us apart: inequalities in Southern Africa
Editors:	Jauch, Herbert Muchena, Deprose
Year:	2011
Pages:	376
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Johannesburg
Publisher:	Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa
ISBN:	9991664041; 9789991664040
Geographic terms:	Southern Africa Angola Malawi Namibia South Africa Zimbabwe
Subjects:	economic inequality social conditions governance
Abstract:	The current levels of inequality in southern Africa are amongst the highest in the world. Although several promising initiatives were taken after independence to redress colonial legacies, none of the countries covered by this study managed to significantly reduce inequality. The case studes presented paint a detailed picture of the historical nature and current manifestation of inequality in Angola (Christina Victor de Carvalho, Luciano Chianeque and Albertina Delgado), Malawi (Paul Kwengwere), Namibia (Herbert Jauch, Lucy Edwards and Braam Cupido), South Africa (Isobel Frye, Glenn Farred and Lindelwa Nojekwa), and Zimbabwe (Lucy Mazingi and Richard Kamidza). The case studies provide convincing arguments for the need of a 'developmental State' that changes its focus away from being a provider of favourable investment conditions for (largely foreign) investors towards a regulator that can effect redistribution. An accountable, transparent and ethical State is a requirement for all countries in the region. [ASC Leiden abstract]