Impacto da integração econômica regional na SADC no âmbito do ambiente para oportunidades de negócios: o caso de Moçambique 2000-2007

Abstract

In August 1992, the Heads of State and Government of Southern Africa signed a Treaty transforming the Southern African Coordination and Development Conference (SADCC) into the Southern African Development Community (SADC), with the aim of promoting greater cooperation and economic integration. Mozambique is part of the regional process of Economic Integration in SADC and must take advantage of its privileged geographical situation, its potential in natural resources and other comparative and competitive advantages it has, which requires the implementation of a favorable environment for business opportunities , in order to benefit from access to the expanded regional market estimated at around 230 million consumers, simplifying licensing processes and reducing the costs of investing in the country. The work analyzes the environment for business opportunities in Mozambique in the context of the SADC Free Trade Area, taking into perspective considerations about the country's strengths and weaknesses related to the process of Regional Economic Integration in SADC. This study highlights that the opening of regional trade, especially in the context of economic integration, stimulates the entire economy by increasing the revenues of exporting countries and enabling consumers in importing countries to take advantage of greater competition, in addition to allowing countries to produce and export the goods and services in which they are most competitive. It also highlights that the regional economic integration in SADC, due to the greater commitments it involves, requires the improvement of the environment for business opportunities in the region.