Economic Growth

South Africa: In His Policy Paper, Mboweni Demands Urgent Action to Improve and Grow Economy

Tito Mboweni on Tuesday published proposals to boost economic growth by an additional 2.3 percentage points above forecast over the next decade — and create at least a million jobs. Still, the economic policy paper’s release was an intri...

Marianne Merten·over 4 years ago

IMF Says It Cares About Inequality. But Will It Change Its Ways?

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has become increasingly infatuated by the negative consequences of excessive inequality. This new-found mission is laudable, but neglects the manifold ways its own policy advice contributed to growin...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Turning Ramaphosa’s Growth and Jobs Promises Into Reality

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s first State of the Nation Address after the election was received with some scepticism. Some of his political opponents questioned his dreams and urged him to face reality. Sceptics aside, the president made c...

Vuslat Bayoglu·over 4 years ago

Tanzania Records Slow Economic Growth in First Quarter of 2019

Tanzania’s economic growth slowed to 6.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2019 from 7.5% in the same period a year earlier, official data showed on Sunday, weighed down by softer construction, agriculture and manufacturing activity....

Joburg Post·over 4 years ago

South Africa has rebased its gross domestic product (GDP). The how and the why

Statistics South Africa recently rebased South Africa’s GDP. Does it matter? To start with, let’s unpack what rebasing is – and what it is not – and then put this statistical exercise in the context of the changes that economies go th...

Manoel Bittencourt·over 2 years ago

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