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Author:   Haroon Bhorat ,  Ravi Kanbur
Publisher:   HSRC Press
Imprint:   HSRC Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.820kg
ISBN:  

9780796921222

ISBN 10:   0796921229
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   30 September 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; From chimera to prospect: Toward an understanding of the South African growth absence - Johannes Fedderke; Not separate, not equal: Poverty and inequality in post-apartheid South Africa - Johannes G. Hoogeveen and Berk Ozler; Measuring recent changes in South African inequality and poverty - Murray Leibbrandt, Laura Poswell, Pranushka Naidoo, Matthew Welch and Ingrid Woolard; Evolution of the labour market: 1995 - 2002 - Morne Oosthuizen; Public spending and the poor since the transition to democracy - Servaas van der Berg; Trade liberalization and labour demand in South Africa during the 1990s - Lawrence Edwards; Does city structure cause unemployment? The case of Cape Town - Sandrine Rospabe and Harris Selod; The impact of inflation on the urban poor in South Africa: 1997 - 2002 - Haroon Bhorat and Morne Oosthuizen; Crime and local inequality in South Africa - Gabriel Demombynes and Berk Ozler; Persistent poverty, asset accumulation and shocks in South Africa: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal - Julian May; Internal labour migration and household poverty in post-apartheid South Africa - Dorrit Posel and Daniela Casale; Half-measures: The ANC's unemployment and poverty reduction targets - Charles Meth.

Reviews

This book will take readers to deeper levels as we grapple with what actually happened in the economy during the first ten years of democracy . . . The papers come up with level-headed suggestions for action in the future. --Francis Wilson, professor emeritus, University of Cape Town

Author Information

Haroon Bhorat is the director of the Development Policy Research Unit at the University of Cape Town's School of Economics and a commissioner on the South African Financial and Fiscal Commission. Ravi Kanbur is the T. H. Lee Professor of World Affairs, international professor of applied economics and management, and professor of economics at Cornell University.

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