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An Incomplete Transition : Overcoming the Legacy of Exclusion in South Africa.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
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View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- World Bank Group.
- Series:
- Systematic Country Diagnostics.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Systematic Country Diagnostics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Accountability.
- Agribusiness.
- Civil Service.
- Climate Change.
- Climate Change and Environment.
- Competitiveness and Competition Policy.
- Empowerment.
- Enterprise Development and Reform.
- Environment.
- Finance.
- Inequality.
- Infrastructure.
- Job Creation.
- Labor Market.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Labor Policy.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Private Sector Development.
- Productivity.
- Resilience.
- Social Development.
- Social Inclusion.
- Social Inclusion and Institutions.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- State-Owned Enterprises.
- Townships.
- Transparency.
- Local Subjects:
- Accountability.
- Agribusiness.
- Civil Service.
- Climate Change.
- Climate Change and Environment.
- Competitiveness and Competition Policy.
- Empowerment.
- Enterprise Development and Reform.
- Environment.
- Finance.
- Inequality.
- Infrastructure.
- Job Creation.
- Labor Market.
- Labor Markets.
- Labor Policies.
- Labor Policy.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Monitoring and Evaluation.
- Poverty Reduction.
- Private Sector Development.
- Productivity.
- Resilience.
- Social Development.
- Social Inclusion.
- Social Inclusion and Institutions.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- State-Owned Enterprises.
- Townships.
- Transparency.
- Other Title:
- Incomplete Transition
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2018.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- South Africa has come a long way since the advent of democracy, but its transition remains incomplete. The first three clauses of the Freedom Charter-the historic 1955 document setting out the central objectives of the democratic movement-were (i) the people shall govern; (ii) all national groups shall have equal rights; and (iii) the people shall share in the country's wealth. While the first two objectives have largely been achieved since the first democratic elections of 1994, historical disadvantage remains a determinant of income, wealth, and opportunity, notwithstanding some progress. As such, the economic transition from a system of exclusion under segregation and apartheid remains incomplete. This SCD identifies five key constraints. These are (i) insufficient skills; (ii) the skewed distribution of land and productive assets, and weak property rights; (iii) low competition and low integration in global and regional value chains; (iv) limited or expensive spatial connectivity and under-serviced historically disadvantaged settlements; and (v) climate shocks: the transition to a low-carbon economy and water insecurity.
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