Post-Apartheid South Africa : : The First Ten Years / / M. Nowak, Luca Ricci

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910138888303321
• Autore: Nowak M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
• ISBN: 9786613848000; 9781462323982; 1462323987; 9781283535557; 1283535556; 9781451955231; 1451955235
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): RicciLuca
• Disciplina: 330.968
• Soggetti: Fiscal policy - South Africa; HIV infections - South Africa; Currency; Deflation; Diseases: AIDS and HIV; Employment; Finance; Fiscal Policy; Fiscal policy; Foreign Exchange; Foreign exchange; Health Behavior; Health; Health: General; Hiv and AIDS; Hiv; Hiv/AIDS; Income economics; Inflation; Labor economics; Labor Economics: General; Labor; Labour; Macroeconomics; Price Level; Prices; Real exchange rates; Viruses; South Africa Economic conditions 1991-; South Africa Economic policy; South Africa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.