Publication Type: Policy Paper

Building a competitive and dynamic green industrial sector in South Africa after COVID-19
Policy Paper 28 COVID-19 gave the world a glimpse of how devastatin...
Published: 28 June 2021
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Addressing low labour utilisation in South Africa
Policy Paper 27 South Africa’s stubbornly low labour utilisation ra...
Published: 28 June 2021
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Understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance
Policy Paper 26 South Africa’s exports have lagged behind the rest ...
Published: 28 June 2021
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Sailing into the Wind: evaluating the (near) future of Monetary Policy in South Africa
Policy Paper 25 This paper evaluates the main challenges facing Sou...
Published: 9 April 2021
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Group identity in fairness decisions: discrimination or inequality aversion?
Policy Paper 24 This paper investigates issues of decision time and...
Published: 30 September 2020
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Shaping macroeconomic outcomes
Policy Paper 23 By early 2016, financial market participants had be...
Published: 18 July 2017
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Inflating our troubles: South Africa’s economic performance and the exchange rate
Policy Paper 22 South Africa’s export performance has been disappoi...
Published: 2 June 2016
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Estimating South Africa’s output gap and potential growth rate
Policy Paper 21 This paper estimates the potential output of the So...
Published: 4 March 2016
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Sustainable growth in South Africa
Policy Paper 20 This paper considers a range of evidence surroundin...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Stokvels as an instrument and channel to extend credit to poor households in South Afri...
Policy Paper 19 A stokvel can in general terms be defined as an umb...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Analysis of the plastic-bag Levy in South Africa
Policy Paper 18 Policy makers in many countries have perceived plas...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Where you live matters: Urbanisation and labour markets outcomes
Policy Paper 17 Given apartheid’s legacy of irrational spatial plan...
Published: 3 October 2012
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High unemployment yet few small firms: The role of centralized bargaining in South Africa
Policy Paper 16 South Africa has very high unemployment, yet few ad...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Health insurance or food for the family? An examination into unintended consequences
Policy Paper 15 In developing countries, where health insurance is ...
Published: 3 October 2012
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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
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The impact of tobacco advertising bans on consumption - a cross country approach includ...
Policy Paper 13 Tobacco advertising bans have become commonplace in...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Infrastructure development and economic growth in South Africa: A review of the accumul...
Policy Paper 12 This paper provides a broad overview of the relatio...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Day labourers, unemployment and socio-economic development in South Africa
Policy Paper 11 One of the most visible forms of unemployment is th...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Official revisions to SA national accounts data: Magnitudes and implications
Policy Paper 10 This paper investigates the bias and dispersion in ...
Published: 3 October 2012
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The importance of courts for trade credit in East African manufacturing firms
Policy Paper 09 This paper examines the importance of courts for tr...
Published: 3 October 2012
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International financial architecture, macroeconomic volatility and institutions: South ...
Policy Paper 08 Through 43 years of history, this study identifies ...
Published: 3 October 2012
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International benchmarking of South Africa’s infrastructure performance
Policy Paper 07 The paper provides a first systematic, comprehensiv...
Published: 3 October 2012
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School quality
Policy Paper 06 Achieving high levels of school quality is difficul...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Higher education
Policy Paper 05 Statistical information on the output of universiti...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Love and addiction: The importance of commitment
Policy Paper 04 The bilaterally monopolistic nature of relationship...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Fiscal incentives for research and development
Policy Paper 03 It is often argued that since the social return to ...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Technical barriers to trade faced by South African SMME’s
Policy Paper 02 South Africa is an open economy, and, therefore, it...
Published: 3 October 2012
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From chimera to prospect: South African sources of and constraints on long-term growth,...
Policy Paper 01 The paper takes stock of South Africa’s past growth...
Published: 3 October 2012
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Technology, human capital, growth and institutional development: Lessons from endogenou...
Policy Paper (Interest) 13 This paper provides a discursive review ...
Published: 27 September 2001
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Small business development, entrepreneurship and expanding the business sector in a dev...
Policy Paper (Interest) 14 A dynamic small business sector can make...
Published: 27 September 2001
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A profile of the self-employed in Soweto in mid-1999, with gender disaggregation: A rep...
Policy Paper (Interest) 15 This article gives a detailed profile of...
Published: 27 September 2001
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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
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The state of Public-Private-Partnerships - the State and Public-Private-Partnerships
Policy Paper (Interest) 17 This paper outlines the debates concerni...
Published: 27 September 2001
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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
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Forms of social capital in present-day Soweto: A factor analysis of household survey data
Policy Paper (Interest) 18 This paper analyses data on social capit...
Published: 27 September 2001
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The nature of South Africa’s trade patterns by economic sector, and the extent of trade...
Policy Paper (Interest) 03 We explore changing trade protection of ...
Published: 27 September 2001
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