South Africa
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This chapter presents 2015 and 2016 road safety data for South Africa. It looks at trends in traffic and road safety from the years 1990 to 2015 and road user behaviour patterns. This includes regulations on speed, drink driving, drugs and driving,...
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Bilateral trade patterns are regressed with size and distance between countries in various specifications of the models (see Feenstra 2004, Head and Mayer 2015). In the literature, the best estimation results have been obtained with the Poisson...
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Growth has disappointed in the last few years. Weak consumer demand, persistently falling business investment, policy uncertainty, and the prolonged drought weighed on activity. While power production has improved, important bottlenecks remain in...
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This annex reviews action taken on recommendations from previous Surveys since the July 2015 Survey.
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Over the last two decades, South Africa has accomplished enormous social progress by bringing to millions of citizens access to key public services, notably education, health, housing and electricity. Enrolment in primary school is universal for both...
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Estimates of the determinants of early-stage entrepreneurial activity follow Ardagna and Lusardi (2010). The data source is the 2012 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, and the results are based on the data from 43 countries. Variable definitions for...
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This Survey was prepared in the Economics Department by Falilou Fall and Christine Lewis under the supervision of Piritta Sorsa. It has benefited from valuable background research by Boingotlo Gasealahwe, seconded from the South African National...
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Deepening regional integration within the Southern African Development Community (SADC) will raise potential growth for all member countries. Integrated economies will increase market size, trade opportunities and improve resource allocation across...
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Lowering high levels of unemployment and inequality are amongst the largest challenges facing South Africa. More entrepreneurs and thriving small businesses would contribute to inclusive growth. Measures of entrepreneurial activity are lower in...
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In spite of the extensive range of policy initiatives to tackle skills imbalances in South Africa, some challenges remain. This chapter zooms in on the most important challenges, and provides recommendations that can be used by public and private...
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Skills imbalances are driven by structural and cyclical factors that shape the demand for and supply of skills. For instance, economic growth, changes in the composition of economic output over time and the so-called mega-trends are all important...
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As one of the world’s largest emerging economies, South Africa’s economy has seen significant improvements in recent decades. The economic composition of the country’s output has been changing rapidly, moving away from resource-based industries and...
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Across countries, tackling skill mismatch and skill shortages is a major challenge for labour market and training policies in the context of rapid and substantial changes in skill needs. In most countries, a substantial share of employers complain...
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