F43 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: F43

Economic Growth of Open Economies

Structural Constraints on the Economcy, Growth and Political Economy Webinar

Monday 14 February 2022, Pascual Restrepo (Boston University), R...

Published: 8 February 2022

Webinar

Human capital and the timing of the first birth

This paper constructs and partially characterizes the solution of a...

Published: 8 July 2021

Working Paper

Understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance

Policy Paper 26 South Africa’s exports have lagged behind the rest ...

Published: 28 June 2021

Policy Paper

Can unconditional cash transfers improve adolescent and young adult education outcomes?

The South African child support grant leads to increased enrolment ...

Published: 23 July 2020

Policy Brief

Financial Statecraft: Government Choice of Debt Instruments

We explore the diversity of means by which governments borrow ̵...

Published: 24 June 2020

Working Paper

CANCELLED: 'Structural Constraints on the Economy, Growth and Political Economy'

***Keynote Speaker*** Kenneth Scheve (Stanford) The second Economi...

Submit paper: 21 February 2020

Published: 26 November 2019

Workshop

Annual Economic Research Southern Africa Workshop on ‘Structural Constraints on the Eco...

Keynote Speakers: Axel Dreher from Heidelberg University James Rob...

Published: 16 July 2019

Workshop

Institutions and Other Determinants of Total Factor Productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa

The primacy of factors of production, such as labour and capital, o...

Published: 5 October 2017

Working Paper

Shaping macroeconomic outcomes

Policy Paper 23 By early 2016, financial market participants had be...

Published: 18 July 2017

Policy Paper

Output Decomposition in the Presence of Input Quality Effects: A Stochastic Frontier Ap...

How do physical capital accumulation and Total Factor Productivity ...

Published: 6 June 2016

Policy Brief

Recent Growth Performance in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): What should Policy Makers in the...

The recent decades have witnessed a series of global turbulence wit...

Published: 29 March 2016

Policy Brief

Politics, Finance and Growth

The University of Pretoria, in conjunction with the South African R...

Published: 29 October 2015

Workshop

Real convergence using TAR panel unit root tests: an application to Southern African De...

The recent European Union crisis has sparked renewed interest in th...

Published: 21 August 2015

Working Paper

The Impact of Political Competition on Economic Growth: Evidence from Municipalities in...

This paper examines the impact of political competition on economic...

Published: 17 June 2015

Policy Brief

Financial Liberalisation and Economic Growth in the SADC

Attaining high levels of economic growth and development has been o...

Published: 6 May 2015

Policy Brief

Exchange Rate Policy and Export Performance in Efficiency-Driven Economies

Increased globalisation, coupled with rising domestic competition, ...

Published: 6 October 2014

Working Paper

Exploring Unbalanced Growth in South Africa: Understanding the Sectoral Structure of th...

This paper explores the reasons for the unbalanced growth structure...

Published: 3 October 2014

Working Paper

The Fundamental Determinants of Competitiveness in African Countries

This study investigates the drivers of competitiveness in African e...

Published: 26 September 2014

Working Paper

Debt Relief under the HIPC Initiative: Why Some Countries Complete the Programme Faster...

The Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative has been one o...

Published: 23 April 2013

Working Paper

Policy change and economic growth: A case study of South Africa

Policy Paper 14 South Africa’s growth experience provides an exampl...

Published: 3 October 2012

Policy Paper

The Exchange Rate, Dutch Disease and Manufacturing in South Africa: What do the Data Say?

The Dutch disease argument suggests that in commodity exporting cou...

Published: 26 September 2012

Working Paper

Currency Substitution and Financial Repression

In this paper, we use a general equilibrium overlapping generations...

Published: 20 September 2012

Working Paper

The politics of state, society and economy

Policy Paper (Interest) 06 The article takes issue with the way in ...

Published: 27 September 2001

Policy Paper

The role of human and social capital: Extending our understanding

Policy Paper (Interest) 11 Human capital, institutions and social c...

Published: 27 September 2001

Policy Paper

Technology, human capital, growth and institutional development: Lessons from endogenou...

Policy Paper (Interest) 13 This paper provides a discursive review ...

Published: 27 September 2001

Policy Paper

The contribution of growth in total factor productivity to growth in South Africa: 1970-97

Policy Paper (Interest) 16 This paper is concerned with revealing t...

Published: 27 September 2001

Policy Paper

A case of polarization paralysis: the debate surrounding a growth strategy for South Af...

Policy Paper (Interest) 01 This paper addresses two questions. The ...

Published: 27 September 2001

Policy Paper