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Where does South Africa fit into a world economy of global and current account imbalances

Key Terms

Global imbalances, current account, trade deficit, paradox of thrift, international intertemporal trade, global adjustment, South African current account

- Prescribed Sources -

1.) Global imbalances and current account imbalances

  • Bank for International Settlements
  • “Global Imbalances and Current Account Imbalances” in Financial Stability Review – Global Imbalances and Financial Stability. No. 15. February. (pp 113–121)

2.) Current Accounts and Global Adjustment

  • Wiley Online Library
  • Pradhan, M & Taylor, A. M. 2011. Current Accounts and Global Adjustment: The Long and Short of It. Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 23(1):32-42

3.) Global imbalances and a theory of thrift

  • Centre for Economic Policy Research
  • Corden, W. M. 2011. “Global Imbalances and The Paradox of Thrift” in Policy Insight. Centre for Economic Research. No.54. April.

- Editor’s Sources -

1.) Current Account – Wikipedia

  • A good starting point

2.) World-systems Theory – Wikipedia

  • Interesting theory on global interconnectedness

3.) South Africa’s current account deficit

  • European Centre for International Political Economy
  • Draper, F. & Freytag, A. 2008. South Africa’s Current Account Deficit: Are Proposed Cures Worse than the Disease? South African Institute of International Affairs, Trade Policy Report No. 25:(pages you used)

4.) South Africa’s current account situation

  • African Development Bank
  • Kandiero, T. 2007. Current Account Situation in South Africa: Issues to Consider. Economic Research Working Paper Series, Working Paper No. 90:(pages you used)

5.) Global Imbalances and Lessons of Bretton Woods

  • National Bureau of Econonic Research
  • Eichengreen, B. 2006. Global Imbalances and the Lessons of Bretton Woods, MIT Press Books, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

6.) Global pattern of current account balances explained

  • ScienceDirect
  • Gruber, J. W. & Kamin, S. B. 2007. Explaining the global pattern of current account imbalances. Journal of International Money and Finance, 26(4):500-522

7.) South Africa and the World Bank, IMF and Infternational Finance

  • Google Books
  • Bond, P. 2003. Against Global Apartheid: South Africa meets the World Bank, IMF and International Finance, UCT Press (Pty) Ltd, Lansdowne.