Regional Policy in the Southern African Development Community

This book analyses regional development policy in the Southern African Development Community, which also forms a key trading bloc on the African continent as well as the Global South. It explores the main attributes relevant to the formulation of regional policy in terms of socio-economic policies as well as spatial planning instruments.

J. Ernst Drewes is a full Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Mariske van Aswegen is a Senior Lecturer in the Unit for Environmental Science and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

1: Introduction Part 1: Policy Perspectives 2: Regional Policy in The African Union and SADC 3: Understanding The Role and Potential of The Peripheral Region 4: Implications Of Subnational Regional Development Policy for The Southern African Development Community Part 2: Structural Perspectives 5: Corridors As Spatial Instruments to Channel and Focus Economic Development: Science Versus Politics 6: SADC's Settlement Hierarchy and Networks in Support of Cross-Border Regional Development 7: The Role of Infrastructure in Regional Trade in The SADC Region Part 3: Economic And Trade Perspectives 8: Influence Of Location on The Competitiveness of SADC Industries 9: The Road Less Travelled: Exploring the Untapped Potential of Intra-Regional Trade in SADC 10: Regional Integration and Industrialisation in the SADC: A Comparative Analysis of Developing Regions 11: Artisanal Mining in The SADC Region: Lessons Learned from The Kimberley Artisanal Mining Case on Formalisation Part 4: Future Perspective 12: A Regional Policy Approach for the SADC