Document Type: Side Letter Report No.: Document Date: MAY 18, 2016

Author: Meza-Bartrina,Luz

Document Type: Side Letter Report No.: Document Date: APR 13, 2016

Author: Meza-Bartrina,Luz

Document Type: Loan Agreement Report No.: Document Date: APR 13, 2016

Author: Meza-Bartrina,Luz

Real GDP per capita has been falling in South Africa since 2014—aggravated most recently by drought—which has raised poverty levels. Growth is not expected to exceed population growth until 2018. ... See More + Weak commodity prices continue to put pressure on exports, the exchange rate and in turn inflation, while structural constraints including rigid labor and goods markets, hamper adjustments to seize the opportunities from the real effective depreciation of the rand.  See Less -

Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 104817 Document Date: APR 01, 2016

Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Promoting faster growth and poverty alleviation through competition is particularly important for South Africa, which is facing weak economic growth and limited fiscal resources and has to look to avenues outside the fiscal space to stimulate faster sustainable growth and progress towards its ultimate goal of eliminating poverty, outlined in the 2030 National Development Plan (NDP). ... See More + The update presents a candid assessment of South Africa’s economic prospects. With growth declining in per capita terms the NDP goals are moving further out of reach. South Africa urgently needs fundamental reforms to kick start growth and promote job creation. Advancing with reforms to improve the lives of South Africans is particularly attractive, since they hold the potential to boost growth and speed up poverty alleviation. Competition policy demonstrates the power of bold reform to ease pressures in times of a tight public purse. The report is organized as follows: section one presents economic developments and prospects, and section two presents promoting faster growth and poverty alleviation through effective competition policy.  See Less -

Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 103057 Document Date: FEB 01, 2016

Author: Purfield,Catriona Mary; Hanusch,Marek; Algu,Yashvir; Begazo Gomez,Tania Priscilla; Martinez Licetti,Martha; Nyman,Sara Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) global daily economic news are as follows: financial markets; advanced markets; emerging and frontier economies in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. ... See More +   See Less -

Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 103054 Document Date: JAN 28, 2016

Author: Chen,Derek Hung Chiat Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) global daily economic news are as follows: financial markets; advanced markets; emerging and frontier economies in East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. ... See More +   See Less -

Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 103053 Document Date: JAN 27, 2016

Author: Chen,Derek Hung Chiat Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) global daily economic news are as follows: financial markets; advanced markets; emerging and developing economies in East Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. ... See More +   See Less -

Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 103052 Document Date: JAN 21, 2016

Author: Chen,Derek Hung Chiat Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) global daily economic news are as follows: financial markets; advanced markets; emerging and frontier economies in East Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. ... See More +   See Less -

Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 103050 Document Date: JAN 19, 2016

Author: Chen,Derek Hung Chiat Disclosure Status: Disclosed

Some of the headings included in this issue of the Development Economics Prospects Group (DECPG) global daily economic news are as follows: financial markets; advanced markets; emerging and frontier economies in East Asia and Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. ... See More +   See Less -

Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 103048 Document Date: JAN 14, 2016

Author: Chen,Derek Hung Chiat Disclosure Status: Disclosed