As the 20th anniversary of the transition to democracy approaches in 2014, the economic policy debates in South Africa … are in full flow. The forthcoming Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa contributes to the policy and … leading economists working on South Africa. …

and mining (i.e. deindustrialization) suggests that South Africa is a de facto service-orientated economy. Employment … characterized by increasingly sophisticated services. A key driver of export growth is the expansion of foreign direct investment …

underlying labour market dynamics. We explore the potential of South Africa’s demographic dividend. We also consider the …

The pursuit of long-run economic growth in Africa : an overview of key challenges / Haroon Bhorat and Finn Tarp …, employment, and wage trends in South Africa / Haroon Bhorat, Karmen Naidoo, Morne Oosthuizen, and Kavisha Pillay …

South Africa has exhibited tepid economic growth over the past twenty years as well as high levels of income inequality … characteristic of a middle income country growth trap. This paper compares and contrasts South Africa's growth trap relative to …