Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction and Overview: I.Elbadawi & T.Hartzenberg Understanding South Africa's Inequality; H.Bhorat, M.Leibbrandt & I.Woolard Fiscal Policy in Post-apartheid South Africa; N.Kusi & L.Fusile Public Policy and Private Investment in South Africa: An Empirical Investigation ; K.Mlambo & K.Nell Industrial and Energy Policy: A Partial Review; B.Fine Land Reform as a Strategy for Development: The Relevance of the Zimbabwe Experience for South Africa; A.Hamdok & L.Steyn Regional Economic Integration: Reflections on South Africa and the Southern African Region; R.Cassim & H.Zarenda Real and Monetary Determinants of the Real Exchange Rate in South Africa; J.Aron, I.Elbadawi & B.Kahn The Macroeconomic Effects of Restructuring Public Expenditure by Function in South Africa; B.Gibson & D.E van Seventer Index

Promotional Information

JANINE ARON Centre for the Study of African Economics, Institute of Economics and Statistics, University of Oxford, England HAROON BHORAT Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town, South Africa RASHAD CASSIM Trade and Industry Policy Secretariat, Johannesburg, South Africa BEN FINE School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London LUNGUSA FUSILE Central Statistical Services, Pretoria, South Africa BILL GIBSON Department of Economics, University of Vermont, United States ABDALLAH HAMDOK African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire BRIAN KAHN School of Economics, University of Cape Town South Africa NEWMAN KUSI Department of Economics, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa MURRAY LEIBBRANDT School of Economics, University of Cape Town, South Africa KUPUKILE MLAMBO African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire KEVIN NELL Department of Economics, University of Fort Hare, South Africa LALA STEYN Department of Land Affairs, Pretoria, South Africa DIRK ERNST van SEVENTER Development Bank of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa INGRID WOOLARD Data Research Africa, Pretoria, South Africa HARRY ZARENDA Department of Economics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

About the Author

IBRAHIM ELBADAWI is a Research Coordinator at the African Economic Research Consortium in Nairobi. He previously taught at Northwestern University, USA, at the University of Gezira in Sudan, and was a Visiting Professor at Yale University in the USA. He is on leave from the World Bank where he worked at the Macroeconomic and Growth Division. His main research is on Sub-Saharan Africa and he has several publications in internationally refereed journals. - TRUDI HARTZENBERG, SAPES Trust, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Reviews

'Overall the book is a success and can be recommended to anyone interested in South Africa's future.' - African Studies Review