Janine Aron, Brian Kahn, Geeta Kingdon (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199551460
- eISBN:
- 9780191720376
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199551460.001.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Public and Welfare, Economic Systems
South Africa experienced a momentous change of government from the Apartheid regime to its first democratic government in 1994. This book provides an up-to-date assessment of South ...
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South Africa experienced a momentous change of government from the Apartheid regime to its first democratic government in 1994. This book provides an up-to-date assessment of South Africa's economic policies and performance under democracy. The book includes a stand-alone introduction and economic overview, as well as chapters on growth, monetary and exchange rate policy, fiscal policy, capital flows, and trade policy; investment, industrial, and competition policy; on the effect of AIDS in the macroeconomy; and on unemployment, education, inequality, and poverty. Each chapter, and the overview chapter in particular, also addresses prospects for the future.
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South Africa experienced a momentous change of government from the Apartheid regime to its first democratic government in 1994. This book provides an up-to-date assessment of South Africa's economic policies and performance under democracy. The book includes a stand-alone introduction and economic overview, as well as chapters on growth, monetary and exchange rate policy, fiscal policy, capital flows, and trade policy; investment, industrial, and competition policy; on the effect of AIDS in the macroeconomy; and on unemployment, education, inequality, and poverty. Each chapter, and the overview chapter in particular, also addresses prospects for the future.
