52 entries by leading economists from within and working on South Africa bringing together perspectives on a range of issues: micro, macro, sectoral, country wi

While sharing some characteristics with other middle-income countries, South Africa is a country with a unique economic history and distinctive economic feature

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For a long time, economic research on Africa was not seen as a profitable venture intellectually or professionally-few researchers in top-ranked institutions ar

A popular myth about the travails of Africa holds that the continent's long history of poor economic performance reflects the inability of its leaders and polic