Ensuring that Africa keeps rising : the economic integration imperative

dc.contributor.authorSaville, Adrian David
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Lyal
dc.contributor.emailwhitel@gibs.co.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-21T06:53:36Z
dc.date.issued2015-04
dc.description.abstractCyclical factors and the commodities boom have played a big part in Africa’s impressive growth record since 2000. Yet the ‘Africa rising’ narrative is increasingly supported by significant macroeconomic reforms and structural changes that bode well for sustained levels of growth and development. A critical determinant of whether this positive growth trend continues will be the extent of Africa’s economic integration with the rest of the world and within the continent. The TCIP framework – tracking the flow of trade, capital, information and people – developed by Pankaj Ghemawat demonstrates how economic openness and integration facilitate economic growth and socio-economic advancement. However, poor levels of integration, a lack of understanding and the data deficit that measure these flows have left Africa out of these empirical studies. In this article, data from traditional sources together with the TCIP framework provide insights into the state, nature and contribution of these flows in Africa. In addition, a look at proprietary data from Visa further elucidates the changes and opportunities presented by Africa’s economic integration.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en_ZA
dc.description.embargo2016-10-31
dc.description.librarianhb2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsaj20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAdrian D. Saville & Lyal White (2015) Ensuring that Africa keeps rising: The economic integration imperative, South African Journal of International Affairs, 22:1, 1-21, DOI:10.1080/10220461.2015.1023342.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1022-0461
dc.identifier.other10.1080/10220461.2015.1023342
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/52088
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in South African Journal of International Affairs, vol. 22, no.1, pp. 1-21, 2015. doi : 10.1080/10220461.2015.1023342. South African Journal of International Affairs is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/rsaj20.en_ZA
dc.subjectAfricaen_ZA
dc.subjectIntegrationen_ZA
dc.subjectConnectednessen_ZA
dc.subjectDevelopmenten_ZA
dc.subjectMobilityen_ZA
dc.titleEnsuring that Africa keeps rising : the economic integration imperativeen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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