customers in the cities of Sub-Saharan Africa. Fifty-five percent of the unconnected urban population relies on standpipes as …

Water and sanitation utilities in Africa operate in a high-cost environment. They also have a mandate to at least … of the world. The increasing block tariff (IBT) is the most common tariff structure in Africa. Most African utilities are …

South Africa), distribution-neutral in two others (Indonesia and Brazil), and sharply anti-poor in Nigeria. Overall, the …

Like many emerging economies, South Africa has identified exports as an engine for more inclusive, job-intensive growth …. However, employment growth did not follow the substantial export growth that South Africa experienced in the 2000s. This paper … uses a newly developed World Bank database -- the Labor Content of Exports -- to show that the composition of South Africa …

of 700 firms from four emerging (or newly-emerged) economies: Brazil, India, the Republic of Korea, and South Africa. The …

The formal private sector has a key role to play in fostering growth and reducing unemployment in South Africa … productivity dynamics using firm-level administrative data for South Africa. It is the first paper to benchmark employment and … South Africa has an aged private sector with low firm dynamism and characterized by large firms that hold a large share of …

Although Africa has experienced rapid urbanization in recent decades, we know little about the process of urbanization …, the authors study the effect of migration on urbanization in South Africa. While they find that on average there is no …

methodologies explored by South Africa to assess the credit risk from guarantees extended to Eskom. To manage and closely monitor … South Africa has implemented a risk assessment and management framework, supported by the World Bank Treasury. The team …