The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that have constrained South Africa''s growth since the end of apartheid … study finds that sluggish investment has undermined growth since 1996 and that the underinvestment is in part explained by … growth in South Africa …

This paper estimates the effect of copper prices on Chile’s growth at various time horizons. We find that a price … decline is likely to have a durable (although not permanent) effect on GDP growth: while the impact is the strongest in the … a production function perspective, the GDP growth slowdown is mainly driven by lower capital accumulation …