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South African economic policy on the horns of a dilemma

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  1. Cf. ‘Growth, Employment and Redistribution. A Macroeconomic Strategy’, Cape Town, 14 July 1996; URL: http://www.gov.za/reports/ 1996/macroeco.htm

  2. The World Bank estimates the Gini coefficient—a measure of the inequality of income distribution—for South Africa at 58.4; cf. The World Bank,World Development Report 1998/1999.

  3. Unless otherwise indicated, the sources for this overview are: SARB,Quarterly Economic Bulletin, No. 212, Statistical Supplements, June 1999; URL: http://www.resbank.co.za/economics/econ.html

  4. Cf. International Monetary Fund, ‘South Africa: Selected Issues’,IMF Staff Country Report, No. 98/96, Washington D.C., September 1998, pp. 33–55.

  5. It has to be noted, though, that statistical coverage of labour market data remains incomplete.

  6. Cf. Stals, C.L., ‘The challenges to monetary policy in increasingly volatile international markets’, Johannesburg, 25.5.1999; URL: http:// www.resbank.co.za/economics/pdf.htm

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Praetorius, B. South African economic policy on the horns of a dilemma. Economic Bulletin 36, 23–28 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02683084

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