OECD economic surveys. South Africa 2015 / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, author.

Series:

OECD Economic Surveys, 2218-614X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Africa--Economic conditions.

South Africa.

South Africa--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (134 p.)

Place of Publication:

Paris, [France] : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2015.

Summary:

This 2015 OECD Economic Survey of South Africa examines recent economic developments, policies and prospects. Special chapters cover infrastructure and business regulation; tax policy and inclusive growth.

Contents:

""Table of contents""; ""Basic statistics of South Africa, 2014""; ""Executive summary""; ""Main findings""; ""Key recommendations""; ""The overarching priorities for strong, sustainable and inclusive growth in South Africa are:""; ""Tackle infrastructure bottlenecks and improve business regulation to support job creation""; ""Enhance the responsiveness of the labour market for more inclusive growth""; ""Broaden tax bases to help finance requirements for stronger and sustainable growth""; ""Assessment and recommendations""; ""Social progress over the past 20 years has been impressive""

""Figure 1. Selected indicators""""Figure 2. Social benefits reach many people""; ""Box 1. The National Development Plan (NDP)""; ""Box 1. The National Development Plan (NDP) (cont.)""; ""A stronger recovery was held back by strikes and power cuts""; ""Figure 3. The economy is slowly recovering, although external imbalances remain high""; ""Table 1. Macroeconomic indicators and projections""; ""Figure 4. Labour market performance is poor""; ""Figure 5. Labour market unrest has increased""; ""Figure 6. Inflation pressures have eased""

""Macroeconomic policies are stabilising inflation and public debt""""Figure 7. The policy rate has increased from historically low levels""; ""Figure 8. A persistent gap seems to have opened between public spending and revenues""; ""Figure 9. Public finances have deteriorated""; ""Recommendations on macroeconomic policy""; ""Promoting inclusive growth by improving the labour market""; ""Table 2. Examples of industrial relations policies in OECD countries""; ""Table 3. Scenarios for minimum monthly wages if introduced in 2013""

""Recommendations to promote inclusive growth by improving the labour market""""Promoting greener growth through structural change towards a more knowledge based economy""; ""Figure 10. Environmental indicators""; ""Tackling regional income inequality""; ""Figure 11. Economic growth has been strongest in the richest regions""; ""Supporting deeper integration into global value chains""; ""Figure 12. Competitiveness indicators""; ""Figure 13. Global value chain participation indices, 2009""; ""Figure 14. Services value added embodied in manufacturing exports, 2009""

""Recommendations to promote green growth, regional convergence and deeper trade integration""""More effective infrastructure and business regulation to lay the foundations for higher growth""; ""Developing and using infrastructure to boost employment""; ""Figure 15. Infrastructure investment has been increased""; ""Figure 16. Electricity production is falling behind growth""; ""Figure 17. Modal composition of commuter transport""; ""Better business regulation could boost growth and job creation""; ""Figure 18. The regulatory burden is high across the economy""

""Recommendations to tackle infrastructure bottlenecks and improve business regulation""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 17, 2015).

ISBN:

92-64-23642-2