Southern Africa

Minerals Cluster Policy Study in Africa

This report forms the pilot study component of a broader initiative undertaken by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to identify and Tcharacterize the role of the minerals industry in selected African countries and to assess the levels of cluster activities associated with them. Th e objective of the study is to formalize a better understanding of the situation of the mining sector and associated clusters within the overall economy of those countries, with a view to defi ning development strategies for the local and regional planning of the minerals industry.

Harmonization of Mining Policies, Standards, Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks in Southern Africa

International experience has demonstrated that a properly structured and administered minerals industry has potential to generate substantial benefits to individual economies and regions. Apart from being a direct source of foreign exchange, mining generates substantial direct revenues to government through corporate taxes, royalties and employee taxes from miners. In addition, the exploitation of minerals can lead to regional development and can facilitate diffusion of technology and be pivotal to skills training in mining areas.

Macroeconomic Policy and Institutional Convergence in Member States of Southern African Development Community

This report provides a summary of 14 national reports of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) member states on past, present and likely future compliance of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on macroeconomic convergence and the Finance and Investment Protocol (FIP) adopted by Member States. The paper briefly presents an overview of developments in the world economy and implications for Southern Africa and then focuses on the progress towards the achievement of macroeconomic convergence (MEC) targets in SADC member states.

A Regional Workshop on the Harmonization of Statistics in Southern Africa

At the core of any development effort is the need for governments and other key stakeholders to measure and benchmark progress towards regionally and internationally agreed development goals such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).There are standard development indicators and targets set and also comparison tools developed for countries and regions to track progress. All the measurement tools and indicators would be meaningless without appropriate and reliable statistical data and information .

Report of the Ad hoc Expert Group Meeting

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Southern Africa Office (UNECA-SA) has been working with the SADC Secretariat to implement the SADC Mining Protocol. The work is part of a multi-year programme to harmonize mining policies in the SADC subregion and is based on the Framework for the Harmonization of National Mining Policies, Standards and Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks, which was approved by SADC Mining Ministers at the meeting held in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in March 2006.

Report of the Ad Hoc Experts Group Meeting on Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regional Infrastructure and Services

In line with continued support to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission to develop integrated and cost-effective regional infrastructure, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Southern Africa Office (ECA-SA) in cooperation with SADC organized an Ad Hoc Expert Group Meeting on the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Regional Infrastructure and Services in Lilongwe, Malawi from 22 to 23 March 2010.

Tracking and Certification of Mineral Output in Southern Africa

This study was conducted against the backdrop of the commitment by SADC member States to gather information on the identity, origin and volume of S A D C m i n e r a l output in order to develop standardized mechanisms for tracking and certification. This was motivated by the growing conviction within the region that the mineral value chains were being undermined by leakages through neighboring countries. Gold is said to be illegally imported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into Kenya, Burundi and Uganda and re-exported further.

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