During Apartheid, there was little need for redistributional policies or to borrow for public works since the vast majority of the population was underserved. With the arrival of a representative democracy in 1994, however, South Africa faced a unique problem - providing new and improved public...

An incomplete transition : poverty, inequality, and the legacy of exclusion in South Africa -- Resilience, economic growth, and jobs -- Employability, contestability, and competitiveness -- State building for an inclusive transition -- The World Bank Group's view on priorities for reducing...

It generally is assumed that rules to protect and promote foreign investment are sufficiently flexible to address the specific needs of developing and less developed countries. What happens, however, when the typical model of investment treaty rubs against national constitutional commitments,...