An appropriate regional cooperation environment makes a vital contribution to the social and
economic development of every country in the region. This research thesis focuses
specifically on the growing lack of appropriate regional cooperation models in developing
countries, and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is used as a case
study. The research highlights some key issues on the development of the appropriate
regional cooperation models. The research information is obtained on the research areas
through questionnaire surveys to respondents from South Africa, Tanzania, and Mauritius on
the current regional cooperation model and the perceived ideal one. The conclusions drawn
are that the regional cooperation models envisaged to be in use in the SADC differ
significantly from the theory, which results in inappropriate focus on the requirements of the
majority of the states. This is primarily due to the use of inappropriate regional cooperation
models. The indications are that traditional market-type integration models, which are used
as a “default model” without major adjustments, are inappropriate within the developing
countries context, owing to the existence of a fundamental incongruence between the
assumptions and requirements of such models and the needs and realities prevailing in
Southern Africa. Southern Africa does not satisfy the foremost prerequisites of successful
market integration. Despite the considerable advantages the models might have gained in
other developed regions, they often fail to meet the requirements of the developing countries.
In measuring the satisfaction regarding the current regional cooperation adhering to the
requirements of the majority of states, it becomes obvious that the SADC population is
generally not satisfied with the results regarding the current regional cooperation. In order to
meet the requirements of the majority of states, SADC regional cooperation needs to focus on
the appropriate regional cooperation. This requires an understanding and management of
three classes of factors, which are environmental factors, capacity factors, and regional
organisational factors. The three classes of factors together affect the participation rate of the
states. / Business Leadership / DBL (Business Leadership)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/2708 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Ndlovu, Michael |
| Contributors | Rwelamila, P. M. D. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xvii, 370 leaves) |
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