F34 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: F34

International Lending and Debt Problems

Local-Currency sovereign risk on South African government bonds

While local-currency bond markets have become a dominant source of ...

Mulalo Mamburu

Working Paper

Part 1: Monetary policy and Covid-19 in South Africa

The discussion is based on Sailing into the Wind: evaluating the (n...

Matthew Simmonds, Nicola Viegi, Mamokete Lijane, Konstantin Makrelov, Gina Schoeman

Dialogue

Part 4: Towards a fiscal policy that supports economic recovery while achieving sustain...

Drawing on the discussions in the previous 3 sessions, session 4 wi...

Matthew Simmonds, Ricardo Hausmann, Laurence Harris, Johannes W. Fedderke, Federico Sturzenegger, Abebe Selassie

Dialogue

Part 3: The role of fiscal policy in the post-Corona economic recovery

South Africa has a comparably large government sector, and the choi...

Christopher Loewald, Matthew Simmonds, Xavier Debrun, Mamokete Lijane, Gilad Isaacs, Federico Sturzenegger, Andrew Donaldson

Dialogue

Part 2: Financing the budget in the post-Corona world

Matthew delves into what financing the budget deficit in the post-C...

Brian Kantor, Matthew Simmonds, Xavier Debrun, Tshepiso Moahloli, Owen Willcox, Mamokete Lijane, Lucio Castro, Ian Stuart

Dialogue

Four Lessons from the Greek sovereign debt crisis

Over the past five years the Greek economy has steadily deteriorate...

Michael E. Rose, Hylton Hollander, Co-Pierre Georg

Policy Brief

A Panel Ordered Response Model for Sovereign Credit ratings in Africa

In recent times there has been an increased focus on the myriad inv...

Marinda Pretorius, Ilse Botha

Working Paper

Institutional Quality and Debt Relief: A Political Economy Approach

Recent shifts in the global debt relief architecture has meant that...

William Akoto

Working Paper