disparities in power and wealth between rural and urban areas. Wealth inequality exacerbated ethnic and class rivalries, leading …

This report documents the progress South Africa has made in reducing poverty and inequality since the end of apartheid … role of skills and labor market factors have grown in importance in explaining poverty and inequality while the role of … inequality outcomes. Social protection remains important in reducing extreme poverty, but the fiscal space for further expansion …

severe challenges in translating its assets and opportunities into higher incomes for its citizenry. Economic growth has been … too weak and volatile to contribute to poverty reduction on a sustained basis. This systematic country diagnostic (SCD … economy remains dependent on the primary sectors - agriculture and mining - lacking diversification in its sources of growth …

sustained, noninflationary economic growth with social progress. Clausen reviewed the course of the debt crisis and the … countries must maintain steady growth and move to enhance market access for goods and services from developing countries … investments. The Bank will assist with formulation of growth programs, provide expanded capital, and mobilize capital from other …

. The South African economy, with its close links to the world economy, has suffered, too, resulting in weakened growth … requires higher and more inclusive economic growth. Policymaking is also conditioned by a growing recognition that future … growth needs to be less carbon-intensive. As elsewhere, opportunities in green economies are viewed with keen interest, as a …

role. We also find four types of poverty traps, associated with large initial household size, poor initial education, poor …

-skilled workers, thereby reducing income inequality and poverty. The author also fined that South Africa's own policies are biased … findings suggest that South Africa's own policies are more damaging to its welfare, poverty and inequality than distortionary … have remained sluggish. Also, poverty and unemployment have risen and become increasingly concentrated in rural areas. This …