01637cas a2200265 a 4500 AALejournalIMF013344 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781475522419 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Canales Kriljenko, Jorge. Inward and Outward Spillovers in the SACU Area / Jorge Canales Kriljenko, Farayi Gwenhamo, Saji Thomas. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2013. 1 online resource (24 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Spillovers from South Africa into the other members of the Souther Africa Customs Union (known as the BLNS for Botstwana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Swaziland) are substantial reflecting sizeable real and financial interlinkages. However, shocks to real GDP growth in South Africa do not seem to systematically affect growth developments in BLNS countries as a group. Nevertheless, vector autoregressions, which allow country-specific parameters, suggest some strong spillovers onto the smaller economies. Mode of access: Internet Gwenhamo, Farayi. Thomas, Saji. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2013/031 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2013/031/001.2013.issue-031-en.xml IMF e-Library