5-March-2018
English
Growth is projected to reach 1.5% in 2018 after many years below one percent or negative in per capita terms. Low growth and high unemployment have adversely affected the well-being of South Africans. Since 2010, inequality, measured by the Gini coefficient at 0.62, has almost stagnated withering the social contract in a context of policy mistrust.
19-December-2017
English
Deepening regional integration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will raise potential growth for all member countries.
19-December-2017
English
Lowering high levels of unemployment and inequality are amongst the largest challenges facing South Africa.
17-December-2015
English
Reforms over the past two decades have produced a well-balanced, modern tax system. However, considerable revenues will be needed in the years ahead to expand social spending and infrastructure in order to raise growth and well-being. The challenge is to generate these revenues without penalising growth or exacerbating inequality.
21-February-2013
English
In this paper we document the impact of education levels on labour market outcomes from 1994 to 2010 using national household survey data.
21-February-2013
English
In this paper we include measures of school quality in regressions determining the labour market premiums to education level.
22-February-2011
English
South Africa’s macroeconomic framework has served the economy well, but should be strengthened to make the economy more resilient to external shocks.
19-March-2010
English
This paper uses the OECD’s Going for Growth framework, as well as other available evidence linking policies to economic performance, to identify key structural policy challenges in the BIICS for the years ahead.
10-April-2009
English
This paper studies drivers of high-frequency (daily) dynamics of the South African rand vis-à-vis the dollar from January 2001 to July 2007.
27-January-2009
English
Unemployment in South Africa is extremely high and unevenly distributed, being concentrated among young less skilled blacks.