Bittencourt, ManoelVan Eyden, ReneeSeleteng, Monaheng2015-09-182015-09Bittencourt, M, Van Eyden, R & Seleteng, M 2015, 'Inflation and economic growth : evidence from the Southern African Development Community', South African Journal of Economics, vol. 83, no. 3, pp. 411-424.0038-2280 (print)1813-6982 (online)10.1111/saje.12075http://hdl.handle.net/2263/49994In this paper we investigate the role of inflation rates in determining economic growth in fifteen sub-Saharan African countries, which are all members of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), between 1980 and 2009. The results, based on panel time-series data and analysis (we use the Fixed Effects and Fixed Effects with Instru- mental Variables estimators to account for heterogeneity and endo- geneity in thin panels), suggest that inflation has had a detrimental effect to growth in the community. We highlight that in ation has offset the Mundell-Tobin effect and consequently reduced the much needed economic activity in the community, and also the importance of an institutional framework conducive to a stable macroeconomic environment as a precondition for development and prosperity in the communityen© 2015 Economic Society of South Africa. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : Inflation and economic growth : evidence from the Southern African Development Community, South African Journal of Economics, vol. 83, no.3, pp. 411-424, 2015. doi : 10.1111/saje.12075. The definite version is available at : http://onlinelibrary.wiley.comjournal/10.1111/(ISSN)1813-6982.InflationGrowthSouthern African Development Community (SADC)Economic growthInflation and economic growth : evidence from the Southern African Development CommunityPostprint Article