South Africa
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The CET system faces many challenges in light of its foreseen expansion and diversification. This chapter looks at key quality challenges in the CET system, focusing on addressing issues around an inadequately prepared and qualified teaching...
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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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This study estimates and analyses publicly-mobilised private finance for climate action in South Africa, between 2010 and 2015. The mobilisation effect of public climate finance on private finance is first estimated through an analysis and...
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown have triggered a sharp drop in activity. South Africa reacted quickly to the outbreak by establishing a nationwide lockdown from March 26. Economic activity was reduced in mining and industry, and...
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While the COVID-19 virus has hit the Western Cape Province particularly hard with 270 691 cases and 10 731 deaths (20% of total deaths in South Africa) as of February 2021, located essentially in the city of Cape Town, the city administration has...
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Unemployment in South Africa remains persistently high, especially for low-skilled youth and adults. Upper secondary education (i.e. the National Senior Certificate) has become a minimum requirement for many jobs, and employers are looking for...
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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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