Documents & Reports
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South Africa - Systematic Country Diagnostic : An Incomplete Transition : Overcoming the Legacy of Exclusion in South Africa (English)
South Africa has come a long way since the advent of democracy, but its transition remains incomplete. Poverty has declined significantly since 1994, but inequality remains extremely high. Improved access...
Document Type: Systematic Country Diagnostic Report No.: 168559 Document Date: February 8, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Crime Violence and Exclusion in South African Society : Background Note for the South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic (English)
While South Africa has made important gains in reducing violence in the post-Apartheid- era, it remains among the most violent countries in the world. This violence exacts high economic and social costs...
Document Type: Systematic Country Diagnostic Report No.: 134272 Document Date: February 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Willman,Alys M.,Puerto Gomez,Margarita,Gould, Chandré,Newham, Gareth
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Gender in South Africa : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
Despite strong representation in national politics and their higher levels of enrollment in secondary and higher education, South African women face numerous constraints that prevent them from fully contributing...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127290 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kirkwood,Daniel John
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Corporate governance in South African state-owned enterprises : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
Drawing from the presidential review commission review, and from other available materials, this background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic synthesizes the key issues and recommendations...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127288 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kikeri,Sunita
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Exchange rate volatility, uncertainty, and corporate investment : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
This study investigates the determinants of corporate investment decisions, using a sample of listed South African firms and panel GMM estimators. The authors provide evidence that, along with firm-specific...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127289 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chortareas,Georgios,Noikokyris,Emmanouil
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What is the impact of investment on labor income? : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
This study investigates empirically the determinants of labor shares focusing on the role of investment and exchange rate volatility. The authors use a system GMM panel approach and consider 34 Organization...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127292 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chortareas,Georgios,Noikokyris,Emmanouil
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A brief profile of the status of health and the health system in South Africa : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
South Africans suffer from a high burden of preventable illness and premature death, despite high expenditure on health. Over the last two decades some significant improvements have occurred in maternal...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127287 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Belli,Paolo,Matsebula,Thulani Clement,Ndhlalambi,Melusi,Ngarachu,Maria Njambi
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Wage setting and labor regulatory challenges in a middle income country setting : the case of South Africa - background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
This note provides an overview of South Africa’s education system and learning outcomes. It reviews early childhood development, basic education, and higher education (university education and vocational...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127303 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bhorat,Haroon Ismail,Stanwix, Benjamin
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Exchange rate misalignment and its relationship to output growth in South Africa : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
This paper establishes a simple theory-based real exchange rate (RER) Misalignment Index for countries around the world from 1950-2014, and shows that South Africa’s RER has been undervalued over the last...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127307 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nguyen, Ha
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Job training in the Republic of Korea : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
On 23 March 2017, the World Bank Group hosted a workshop focusing on how to improve skills in South Africa and thus enhance employability of South Africans, with the ultimate goal to reduce poverty and...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127305 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Uh, SooBong
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Education in South Africa : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
This note provides an overview of South Africa’s education system and learning outcomes. It reviews early childhood development, basic education, and higher education (university education and vocational...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127304 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Van Der Berg,Servaas,Hofmeyr, Heleen
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Minibus taxis, public transport, and the poor : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
This report, a background note for the South Africa Systematic Country Diagnostic, documents public transport accessibility, focusing particularly on minibus taxis and on poor households, and describe...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127306 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kerr,Andrew Nicholas
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The development of South African policy planning : a quantitative text analysis - background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (English)
The evolution of South Africa’s strategic policy directions was analyzed through the application of natural language processing (NLP) techniques to the texts of the Reconstruction and Development Plan...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 127286 Document Date: June 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mikhaylov, Slava
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Systemic, sectoral risk and the myth of a corporate savings glut : background note (English)
This note investigates the nature of corporate savings in South Africa. The first part focuses on the empirical impact of uncertainty on investment in the manufacturing sector, while the second part discusses...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 128577 Document Date: April 30, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dadam Kosga Djaowe,Vincent,Viegi,Nicola
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Does employing workers or accepting work pay? Analyzing labor costs in South Africa (English)
For more than a decade, South Africa has experienced falling labor force participation rates while maintaining relatively high unemployment rates, particularly among its youth. This paper examines the...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 128578 Document Date: April 30, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Langbein,Joerg Gerd,Weber,Michael
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South Africa - Systematic country diagnostic : an incomplete transition - overcoming the legacy of exclusion in South Africa (Vol. 2 of 2) (Northern Sotho)
Report No.: 125838 Document Date: April 30, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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South Africa - Systematic country diagnostic : an incomplete transition - overcoming the legacy of exclusion in South Africa (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)
Report No.: 125838 Document Date: April 30, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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South Africa - Systematic country diagnostic : an incomplete transition - overcoming the legacy of exclusion in South Africa (Vol. 2 of 2) (Zulu)
Report No.: 125838 Document Date: April 30, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed