Manufacturing has traditionally been regarded in the development literature as having special growth-pulling or growth … been growing. This study focuses on the Hirschmanian channels through which sectoral growth can lead or support aggregate … economic growth, using input-output tables to investigate intersectoral linkages in the South African economy. Manufacturing is …

It is often argued that multi-dimensional measures of well-being and poverty—such as those based on the capability …-provincial ranking of poverty in South Africa in 1995-6. It turns out that this ranking is fairly robust, and that some important policy …-relevant results about the distinction between ‘income’/‘expenditure’ and ‘human’ poverty for the South African context are reinforced …