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OverviewSouth 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 and comprehensive 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 and fiscal policy, on capital flows and trade policy, on investment and industrial and competition policy, on the effect of AIDs in the macroeconomy, and on unemployment, education and inequality and poverty. Each chapter, and the overview chapter in particular, also addresses prospects for the future. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Janine Aron (Research Fellow, CSAE, Department of Economics, Oxford University) , Brian Kahn (Senior Deputy Head of the Research Department, South African Reserve Bank) , Geeta Kingdon (Professor, Institute of Education, London University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 24.10cm Weight: 0.702kg ISBN: 9780199551460ISBN 10: 0199551464 Pages: 378 Publication Date: 19 March 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Janine Aron, Brian Kahn, and Geeta Kingdon: South African Economic Policy under Democracy : Overview and Prospects 2: Stan Du Plessis and Ben Smit: Accounting for South Africa's Growth Revival 3: Janine Aron and John Muellbauer: The Development of Transparent and Effective Monetary and Exchange Rate Policy 4: Tania Ajam and Janine Aron: Transforming Fiscal Governance 5: Jonathan Leape and Lynne Thomas: Capital Flows, Financial Markets and the External Balance Sheet 6: Lawrence Edwards (University of Cape Town, Rashad Cassim and Dirk Ernst van Seventer: Trade Policy in South Africa 7: Johannes W. Fedderke: Capital Formation in South Africa 8: Anthony Black and Simon Roberts: The Evolution and Impact of Industrial and Competition Policies 9: Ben Smit and Linette Ellis: The Macroeconomic Impact of AIDS and ART 10: Murray Leibbrandt, Ingrid Woolard and Christopher Woolard: A Long-run Perspective on Contemporary Poverty and Inequality Dynamics 11: Geeta Kingdo and John Knight: Unemployment: South Africa's Achilles' Heel 12: Servaas van der Berg: The Persistence of Inequalities in EducationReviewsAuthor InformationJanine Aron is a Research Fellow in the Department of Economics, University of Oxford, based at the Centre for the Study of African Economies. She lectures in Oxford on international finance, and is a Research Associate with CREFSA, London School of Economics. Her recent publications are in the area of monetary policy and macroeconomics in South Africa. Brian Kahn is Senior Deputy Chief Economist, Senior Deputy Head of the Research Department, and member of the Monetary Policy Committee, at the South African Reserve Bank. He was previously Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town. His publications are mainly on monetary policy and exchange rate policy in South Africa. Geeta Kingdon is Professor at the Institute of Education, London University, having previously been at the CSAE, Department of Economics, University of Oxford. She is a Development Economist and publishes in the Economics of Education, Labour Economics and the Economics of Happiness. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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