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Post-Apartheid South Africa
The First Ten Years
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Abstract

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.

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Author:
Mr. M. Nowak
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Mr. Luca A Ricci
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Series:
Books
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund
Language:
English
Publication Date:
12 Jan 2006
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064706.071
ISBN:
9781589064706
Pages:
241
Keywords:
BOOK; rand; reserve; exchange rate; FDI inflow; U.S. dollar; output gap; production function approach; rand depreciation; HIV and AIDS; Real exchange rates; Inflation; Africa; Global; Southern Africa; inflation-targeting regime; equilibrium exchange rate; AIDS awareness; Caribbean
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