Competitiveness and environment: the role of Sadc

• Autor(a) principal: Lima, Maria Antonina
• Data de Publicação: 1995
• Outros Autores: Mendes, Isabel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/1375
• topic: Competitiveness; Environment; Globalization Process; Regionalization; Developing Countries

In this paper we address the question of interaction between competitiveness and environment in the context of the ongoing globalization/regionalization process. In particular, this problem is analyzed in the context of the southern cone of Africa and at the level of the SADC (South African Development Community). Firstly, we try to debate some of the main links between competitiveness and environment in the new globalization context, attempting to place the question of the adaptability of this debate to SADC countries in particular, and to developing countries in general. Secondly, we analyze the main relevant characteristics of the SADC integration process. Finally, we make a review of the main programs and projects incorporated in the SADC Program of Action connected with environmental concerns, attempting to produce some insights on the relevance of the SADC in the context of the globalization process.