Growth without Borders : A Regional Growth Pole Diagnostic for Southern Africa

Growth without Borders : A Regional Growth Pole Diagnostic for Southern Africa

Several countries in Southern Africa have enormous potential to expand trade and mutually benefit from regional integration, and thus truly achieve 'growth without borders'. At the same time, several African countries are adopting growth...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Financial Sector Study
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS POINTS ACCESS TO MARKET ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY ACCESSIBLE ROUTES ACCOUNTABILITY AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SECTORS AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE AIR AIRPORT AIRPORTS BANK ACCOUNTS BANKING SECTOR BIASES BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER MANAGEMENT BOTTLENECKS BUSINESS ACTIVITY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS FORMATION CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITALS CLEAN WATER COLLATERAL COLLATERAL REQUIREMENTS COMMERCIAL FARMERS COMMERCIAL FARMING COMMODITY COMMON MARKET COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES COMPETITIVENESS CONGESTION CONNECTIVITY CONSUMERS CORRUPTION COST OF TRANSPORT COSTS OF TRANSPORT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEMOGRAPHIC DEPOSITS DEVALUATION DEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEVELOPMENT PATH DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKETS DONOR SUPPORT ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC COMPLEMENTARITIES ECONOMIC COMPLEMENTARITY ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ECONOMIC RISKS ECONOMIC SECTOR WORK ECONOMIES OF SCALE EMPLOYER EMPLOYMENT ENDOWMENTS ENTREPRENEURS EXPATRIATE EXPLOITATION EXPORT BASE EXPORT EARNINGS EXPORTS FACILITATION FARMERS FOREIGN COMPANIES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTOR FOREIGN INVESTORS FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT CLEARANCE FUTURE GROWTH GDP GLOBAL MARKET GLOBALIZATION GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH POTENTIAL GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HARMONIZATION HIGH INTEREST RATES HIGH TRANSPORTATION INCOME INEQUALITY INFORMATION SHARING INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS INSPECTION INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INVESTMENT BANK INVESTMENT CAPITAL INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT CLIMATES INVESTOR CONFIDENCE JOB CREATION JURISDICTIONS LABOR MARKET LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LARGE CITIES LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL PROTECTION LIMITED ACCESS LIMITED ACCESS TO FINANCE LOCAL CURRENCY MARKET ACCESS MARKET INEFFICIENCIES MARKET INFORMATION MARKETING STRATEGIES MODE OF TRANSPORT MULTILATERAL TRADE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT MULTINATIONAL NATIONAL ECONOMY NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE NATIONAL PARKS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCES OPERATING COSTS PAYBACK PERIOD POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POOR ACCESS POPULATION DENSITIES POPULATION DENSITY POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE INVESTORS PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY PROFITABILITY PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS RAIL RAIL CONNECTION RAIL CORRIDOR RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE RAIL LINE RAIL LINES RAIL LINK RAIL NETWORK RAILROAD RAILROADS RAILWAY RAILWAY LINE REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRANSPORT RETAIL BANKING REVENUE SOURCES RISK MANAGEMENT ROAD ROAD CONGESTION ROAD NETWORK ROAD TYPES ROADS ROUTE RURAL FINANCE SANITATION SAVINGS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SMALLHOLDERS SUPPLY CHAIN TARIFF BARRIERS TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADING BLOCS TRANSIT TRANSPORT TRANSPORT CORRIDORS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT NETWORK TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION COSTS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL TIMES TRUCKS TRUE UNION VALUE ADDED WAGES WATER SUPPLY WEALTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/10/18821846/growth-without-borders-regional-growth-pole-southern-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16708

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Summary:	Several countries in Southern Africa have enormous potential to expand trade and mutually benefit from regional integration, and thus truly achieve 'growth without borders'. At the same time, several African countries are adopting growth pole strategies in order to deepen the economic linkages around the development of their natural resources and improve their competitiveness and connectivity to domestic and international markets. This report stems from economic sector work whose purpose was to identify potential growth poles across Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe in three industries, agribusiness, mining, and tourism, that might benefit from improved regional integration. This report used geographic information systems (GIS) to identify potential growth poles based on the spatial distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI), market connectivity, revenue sources, and other input factors and then selected from that list those areas which might benefit from regional cooperation. This report provides background information, elaborates the concepts, details the spatial analysis framework, selects specific areas for a rapid assessment, summarizes findings, and outlines future work. The overarching purpose is not to explain or quantify the links between identified factors, but rather to find spatial correlation between factors in order to begin a discussion about defining a data driven way of finding suitable regional growth poles.

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