Southern African Development Community (SADC), was decided at the 2008 Tripartite Summit. The purpose of the TFTA will be to … harmonise trade arrangements among SADC, COMESA and EAC, improve the movement of persons within the region, facilitate the joint …, COMESA, EAC and SADC therefore need a strategy for harmonisation. This will have to address legal, policy, economic and …

2007. This paper uses a CGE model to evaluate the impact of the SADC FTA on Madagascar economy. The results suggest that … the SADC FTA would only have a limited impact on Madagascar's real GDP because the liberalization affects only a small …. Gains from the SADC FTA become substantial only when the regional liberalization is accompanied by a multilateral …

Deepening regional integration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will raise potential growth for …-tariffs barriers should be removed. Ensuring greater compliance to agreements by SADC members will also facilitate intra-regional trade …