This book provides a comprehensive review of recent economic developments in South Africa and the structural and policy challenges facing the authorities. Individual papers examine a range of topics such as unemployment and the labor market, recent trends in the private saving rate, the role of...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The First Ten Years After Apartheid: An Overview of the South African Economy -- PART I REAL SECTOR PERFORMANCE -- 2 Economic Growth in Post-Apartheid South Africa: A Growth-Accounting Analysis -- 3 Unemployment and the Labor Market -- 4 What...

This book addresses a number of important topics and issues associated with China's economic transition, growth and global integration. The chapters, by a distinguished group of scholars, provide a timely assessment of recent developments in the Chinese economy. The authors employ contemporary...