ABSTRACT
The Maputo Development Corridor (MDC) forms part of a larger process of micro-regionalism occurring all over the world. Though the formation of micro-regions is by no means new phenomenon, in the context of globalisation and regionalisation they are increasingly often cross-border in nature rather than contained within the boundaries of a particular nation-state, the conventional understanding of a micro-region. The MDC was launched in May 1996 by the Presidents of Mozambique and South Africa. The process however began in August 1995 when the Ministers of Transport of Mozambique and South Africa, Mac Maharaj and Paulo Muxanga respectively, met to set in motion a plan to establish a developmental axis between the port of Maputo and the industrial centre of South Africa. Indeed, the MDC represents an interesting form of cross-border governance that needs to be analysed in order to expand our understanding of multilevel and transnational governance.
