Can South and Southern Africa become Globally Competitive Economies?

Notes on the Contributors - Preface and Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Overview: Avoiding Marginalisation; G.Maasdorp - PART 1: MARGINALISATION IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY - Why is Africa Marginal in the World Economy?; W.Easterly - PART 2: REGIONAL AND NATIONAL MARGINALISATION - The Changing International Economic System; P.Robson - Can Regional Integration Help Southern Africa?; G.Maasdorp - Small Countries within Regional Integration; M.Matsebula & V.Simelane - Migration and the Brain Drain; O.Saasa - PART 3: MARGINALISATION WITHIN COUNTRIES - Income Inequality and Poverty in South Africa; M.McGrath - Public Expenditure and Poverty in Namibia; I.Tlhase & T.Kangueehi - Provincial Marginalisation: KwaZulu-Natal; N.Wilkins - PART 4: CHOOSING WINNING POLICIES - Asian Lessons in Sustainable Development; S.Naya - The Real Exchange Rate and Reserve Management: Latin America in the 1990s; F.Larrain - Currency Convertibility and External Reserves; L.Clarke - Internationalisation of Capital Markets; S.Ghon Rhee - Macroeconomic Policy Lessons for Africa; A.London - Macroeconomics and Marginalisation: the Triumph of Hope over Experience; T.Hawkins - Effective Investment and Competitiveness; M.Unger - Improving the Business Environment; P.Holden - Avoiding Corporate Marginalisation; M.W.Arnold - Technology and Unmarginalising; R.Riddell - PART 5: SOME SOUTHERN AFRICAN ISSUES - South Africa's Economic Reforms; M.Holden - The South African Labour Market; J.Hofmeyr - Labour Legislation and the Zimbabwean Economy; J.Foroma - Helping Small and Medium Business; M.Hesketh - Health, Education and Productivity; A.Whiteside - Select Bibliography and References - Index