South Africa Economic Update, July 2012
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Section one provides an economic update
and assesses the challenges and near-term prospects facing
the South African economy. In particular, it looks at the
implications for South Africa of the resurgence of
uncertainty in global financial markets, the surge in
capital flows to safe-haven assets, the continuing Euro zone
crisis, and signs of slowdown in some of the large emerging
market economies. Section two focuses on inequality of
opportunity in South Africa. For the first time, using
innovative techniques, this section presents an analysis of
the interlinked inequality of opportunities for children and
for access to employment. Every society has a degree of
inequality of outcomes that reflects differences in innate
human capabilities, effort, education, experience, and
skills. But a recognized goal for public policy is to ensure
at least the equality of opportunity for every individual in
a country. Many countries have used this new approach to
develop targeted policies to promote such equality of
opportunity and to monitor and evaluate the success of
public programs.
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, ACCESS TO FINANCE, ACCESS TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS, ACCOUNTING, ADVERSE EFFECTS, ALUMINUM PRICES, APARTHEID, BANK LENDING, BANKING CRISES, BANKS, BASIS POINTS, BOND, BOND ISSUANCE, BOND MARKETS, BONDS, BORROWING, BORROWING COSTS, BORROWING REQUIREMENT, BUDGET DEFICIT, BUDGET DEFICITS, BUSINESS CONFIDENCE, CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS, CAPITAL FLOW, CAPITAL FLOWS, CAPITAL FORMATION, CAPITAL INFLOWS, CAPITAL OUTLAYS, CHILD CARE, COMMODITIES, COMMODITY, COMMODITY EXPORTS, COMMODITY PRICES, COMMON CURRENCY AREA, COMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT, COMPETITIVENESS, CONFIDENCE INDEX, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE, CONSUMER DEBT, CONSUMER PRICE, CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONSUMER PRICES, CONSUMER SPENDING, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, CREDIT DEFAULT, CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP, CREDIT RATING, CREDIT RATING AGENCIES, CREDIT SQUEEZE, CURRENCY, CURRENT ACCOUNT, CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE, CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT, CUSTOMS UNION, DEBT, DEBT ACCUMULATION, DEBT CRISIS, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, DEMOGRAPHIC, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRY, DISPOSABLE INCOME, DIVIDEND, DIVIDEND PAYMENTS, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, DOWNSIDE SCENARIOS, DURABLES, EARLY CHILDHOOD, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, EARNINGS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, ECONOMIC POLICY, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EMERGING MARKET, EMERGING MARKET ECONOMIES, EMERGING MARKETS, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT SITUATION, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, ENROLLMENT, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITIES, EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, EQUITIES, EQUITY FLOWS, EQUITY MARKET, EXCHANGE RATE, EXCHANGE RATES, EXCLUSION, EXPENDITURE, EXPENDITURES, EXPORT GROWTH, EXPORT MARKET, EXPORTERS, EXPOSURE, EXTERNAL MARKET, EXTERNAL SHOCKS, FINANCIAL ASSETS, FINANCIAL CRISIS, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL MARKET, FINANCIAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL VIABILITY, FISCAL CONSOLIDATION, FISCAL POLICY, FIXED CAPITAL, FIXED INVESTMENT, FOOD PRICES, GENDER, GLOBAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GLOBAL EQUITIES, GLOBAL EQUITY, GLOBAL EQUITY MARKET, GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKET, GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, GLOBAL RISKS, GOVERNMENT BUDGET, GOVERNMENT DEBT, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, GROSS DEBT, GROWTH RATES, HOLDING, HOUSEHOLD DEBT, HOUSEHOLD WEALTH, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME INEQUALITY, INEQUALITIES, INEQUALITY, INEQUITABLE ACCESS, INFLATION, INFLATION TARGET, INFLATIONARY PRESSURES, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, INSURANCE, INTEREST COST, INTEREST RATE, INTEREST RATES, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, INVENTORIES, INVESTMENT RATE, INVESTMENT RATES, IPO, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOUR FORCE, LABOUR FORCE SURVEYS, LACK OF INFORMATION, LENDING CONDITIONS, LOCAL CURRENCIES, LOCAL CURRENCY, LOW INTEREST RATES, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, MARKET ACCESS, MARKET ANALYSTS, MARKET CONFIDENCE, MARKET ECONOMIES, MARKET TRANSITION, MARKET VOLATILITY, MATURE MARKETS, MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES, MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRY, NATIONAL TREASURY, NUTRITION, OIL PRICE, OIL PRICES, OUTPUT, POLICY DESIGN, POLITICAL UNCERTAINTIES, POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY, PORTFOLIO, PORTFOLIO FLOWS, PRIVATE ENTERPRISES, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRODUCER PRICE, PRODUCER PRICE INDEX, PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SECTOR BORROWING, PURCHASING, PURCHASING POWER, RATES OF RETURN, RECESSION, REMITTANCES, RESERVE, RESERVE BANK, RETAIL, RETIREMENT SAVINGS, RISK AVERSION, SALES, SAVINGS, SETTLEMENT, SKILL SHORTAGES, SOCIAL NETWORKS, SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND, SOVEREIGN DEBT, SPREAD, STOCK EXCHANGE, STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS, SUPPLY CHAIN, SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, TAX, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRADE BALANCE, TRADING, TRANSITION COUNTRIES, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNEQUAL ACCESS, UNION, UNIVERSAL ACCESS, UNSECURED CREDIT, URBAN AREA, URBAN AREAS, VALUATION, VULNERABLE GROUPS, WOMAN, WORLD TRADE, economic growth, economic outlook