Post-apartheid South Africa : the first ten years /

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Imprint:	[Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, [2005] ©2005
Description:	1 online resource (ix, 229 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiscal policy -- South Africa. HIV infections -- South Africa. Economic history. Economic policy. Fiscal policy. HIV infections. South Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1991- South Africa -- Economic policy. South Africa. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11204340

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Other authors / contributors:	Nowak, M. (Michael), editor. Ricci, Luca Antonio, editor.
ISBN:	9781451955231 1451955235 1283535556 9781283535557 9781452776576 1452776571 1589064704 9781589064706
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	This book provides a comprehensive review of recent economic developments in South Africa and the structural and policy challenges facing the authorities. Individual papers examine a range of topics such as unemployment and the labor market; recent trends in the private saving rate; the role of foreign direct investment in the development of South Africa's economy; the human and economic repercussions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic; the role of fiscal policy in economic stabilization; inflation developments; liberalization of trade and capital transactions; exchange rate developments; and lessons from the rand crises of 1998 and 2001.--Publisher's description.
Other form:	Print version: Post-apartheid South Africa. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, [2005]
Standard no.:	10.5089/9781589064706.071
Publisher's no.:	MWT11412944

Table of Contents:

The first ten years after apartheid : an overview of the South African economy / Michael Nowak
pt. 1. Real sector performance
Economic growth in post-apartheid South Africa : a growth-accounting analysis / Vivek Arora
Unemployment and the labor market / Vivek Arora and Luca Antonio Ricci
What drives saving in South Africa? / Thomas Harjes and Luca Antonio Ricci
Foreign direct investment in South Africa : why has it been so low? / Athanasios Arvanitis
pt. 2. Fiscal challenges
Role of fiscal policy in stabilization and poverty alleviation / Mark Horton
HIV/AIDS in South Africa / Mark Horton
pt. 3. External openness and strength
Liberalizing trade and capital transactions : an overview / Ketil Hviding
South Africa's real exchange rate performance / Luca Antonio Ricci
The rand crises of 1998 and 2001 : what have we learned? / Ashok Jayantilal Bhundia and Luca Antonio Ricci
The case for building international reserves / Ketil Hviding and Luca Antonio Ricci
pt. 4. Monetary developments
Bringing inflation under control / Luca Antonio Ricci
Exploring determinants of long-term interest rates / Faisal Ahmed and Luca Antonio Ricci.

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