Post-Apartheid South Africa : the First Ten Years.

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Author / Creator:	Nowak, M., author.
Imprint:	Washington DC, USA : International Monetary Fund, 20060101. International Monetary Fund
Description:	1 online resource (241 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Fiscal policy -- South Africa. HIV infections -- South Africa. Fiscal policy. HIV infections. South Africa.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12507030

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Varying Form of Title:	Books Post-Apartheid South Africa: The First Ten Years
Other authors / contributors:	Ricci, Luca Antonio, author.
ISBN:	1452776571 9781452776576 1589064704 9781589064706
Notes:	English.
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.

Table of Contents:

Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 The First Ten Years After Apartheid: An Overview of the South African Economy; PART I REAL SECTOR PERFORMANCE; 2 Economic Growth in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Growth-Accounting Analysis; 3 Unemployment and the Labor Market; 4 What Drives Saving in South Africa?; 5 Foreign Direct Investment in South Africa: Why Has It Been So Low?; PART II FISCAL CHALLENGES; 6 Role of Fiscal Policy in Stabilization and Poverty Alleviation; 7 HIV/AIDS in South Africa; PART III EXTERNAL OPENNESS STRENGTH; 8 Liberalizing Trade and Capital Transactions: An Overview.
9 South Africa's Real Exchange Rate Performance10 The Rand Crises of 1998 and 2001: What Have We Learned?; 11 The Case for Building International Reserves; PART IV MONETARY DEVELOPMENTS; 12 Bringing Inflation Under Control; 13 Exploring Determinants of Long-Term Interest Rates.

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