South African Economy

Trails and Possibilities
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-54179-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

Reihe: African Histories and Modernities

The South African economy has largely performed below its potential. Although the size of the South African economy has significantly increased since 1994, its performance has lagged behind other comparable economies, and has even been overtaken by Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa. Unemployment, income inequality, and poverty have remained high since 1994. In the past decade, South African economic performance has been so poor that is has resulted in declining per capita incomes.

In this study, Vusi Gumede and his co-authors offer a comprehensive analysis of the South African economy since 1994, dealing with many important issues, ranging from its history to its political travails in an effort to provide better understanding and find possible solutions to ensuring inclusive growth.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gumede, Vusi

Bila, Santos

Arogundade, Sodiq

Biyase, Mduduzi

Chauke, Shonisani

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Nature and performance of the South African economy.- Chapter 3: Socio-economic transformation in South Africa.- Chapter 4: Macroeconomic Resilience: South Africa and selected Emerging Market Economies.- Chapter 5: Government and the Market: State-Owned Enterprises in South Africa.- Chapter 6: Searching for an Equilibrium: Balancing Economic Development and Market Efficiency.- Chapter 7: The Institutional Architecture: Re-organising Government for Better Socio-Economic Development.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Vusi Gumede is the Dean for the Faculty of Economics, Development & Business Sciences at the University of Mpumalanga.

Santos Bila is with DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Industrial Development in the School of Economics at the University of Johannesburg.

Mduduzi Biyase is an associate professor of Economics in the School of Economics at the University of Johannesburg.

Shonisani Chauke is a lecturer in Economics in the School of Development Studies at the University of Mpumalanga.

Sodiq Arogundade is a research fellow and a part-time assistant lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Johannesburg.