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Monday, 30 July 2018 11:58

Kickstarting the SADC Regional Development Fund Featured

Written by GEGAfrica
Kickstarting the SADC Regional Development Fund photo © Chris Kirchhoff, MediaClubSouthAfrica

In August 2016, SADC member states signed an agreement to mobilise approximately $1 billion in seed funding to create the SADC Regional Development Fund, with infrastructure development being one of the fund’s four key categories of finance.

With operationalisation of the fund imminent, we take a look at the key challenges facing the process and offer policy recommendations to ensure that fund effectively contributes to infrastructure development and ultimately economic growth in the region.

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