Limitation of Liberalism in the Face of the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique-Growth Triangle

Abstract

This article analyses, in the light of the perspectives of liberalism, the factors that hinder the operations of sub-regional economic integration of the Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique-Growth Triangle (ZMMGT). To this end, it exposes the background of the ZMMGT, explores what governments of the three member-states have done in a bid to implement this concept effectively. In so doing, the article builds on primary data collected, through interviews, from key institutions and individuals charged with the task of spearheading the operations of ZMMGT. Besides, it triangulates this raw information with the review of existing literature on the subject. In concluding analysis, the article contends that liberalism, in its entirety, does not account for the failure to create economic integration of the sub-regions. This is notwithstanding its inherently perceived mutual benefits of economic cooperation as evidenced in the ZMMGT project. 

Keywords: Zambia-Malawi-Mozambique-Growth Triangle, Liberalism, Sub-regional Integration

DOI: 10.7176/IAGS/73-03

Publication date:June 30^th 2019