Mamhare, Gladmore --- "Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Competition Policy" [2012] ELECD 888; in Drexl, Josef; Bakhoum, Mor; Fox, M. Eleanor; Gal, S. Michal; Gerber, J. David (eds), "Competition Policy and Regional Integration in Developing Countries" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012)

Book Title: Competition Policy and Regional Integration in Developing Countries

Editor(s): Drexl, Josef; Bakhoum, Mor; Fox, M. Eleanor; Gal, S. Michal; Gerber, J. David

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781004302

Section: Chapter 3

Section Title: Southern African Development Community (SADC) Regional Competition Policy

Author(s): Mamhare, Gladmore

Number of pages: 10

Extract:

3. Southern African Development
Community (SADC) regional
competition policy
Gladmore Mamhare

1. BACKGROUND
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been in
existence since 1980, when it was formed as a loose alliance of nine1 states
in Southern Africa known as the Southern African Development Coordina-
tion Conference (SADCC), with the aim of coordinating development
projects. It was transformed into a Development Community in 1992, when
the Declaration and Treaty was signed, thereby giving the organization a
legal character. The SADC now consists of 15 member states.2
The total population of the SADC was 277 million people in 2010 and its
total gross domestic product (GDP) was US$577 billion.3 South Africa is
the biggest economy in the Community, with a GDP of over US$282
billion, representing about 65 percent of the total SADC market. The largest
country in terms of population is the Democratic Republic of Congo, with a
population of about 61 million. In contrast, Botswana, Seychelles, Mauri-
tius, Namibia and Swaziland each have populations of two million or less.
The per capita GDP also varies widely, ranging from as high as US$7690 to
as low as US$160. The average per capita GDP for the SADC region in
2010 was US$2074. The average growth in 2008 was 4.5 percent and
declined to 2.7 percent in 2009, most likely due to the global financial crisis.

1
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, United
Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
2
Angola, ...