Challenges to Regional Development Block in Southern Africa: The Case of Southern African Development Coordination Conference

Abstract

This study investigates Southern African Development Coordination Conference. Secondary data were employed to examine these issues. There were several challenges to Southern African Development Coordination Conference. Political and security challenges, shortage of financial resources, influence of globalization, historical legacy, lack of political commitments and implementation problems, and lack of diversification of products are identified as the most constraints to the Southern African Development Coordination Conference. Conflicts, national interests and lack of agreements among leaders of Southern African Development Coordination Conference were challenged security arrangements, on the one hand, and affected the attempts to create effective regional integration in the Southern African Development Coordination Conference sub-region on the other. Moreover, lack of sufficient governments’ budget and the boost of commodity prices in the world market were negatively affected Southern African Development Coordination Conference.

Key words: Challenges, Conference, Coordination, Integration, Regional.