Final Recommendations of the International Panel on the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA)

22 Pages Posted: 27 Jun 2008

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Ricardo Hausmann

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

Date Written: May 2008

Abstract

As part of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative (ASGISA), the National Treasury of the Republic of South Africa convened an international panel of economists through Harvard's Center for International Development. This panel spent two years analyzing the South African economy and its growth prospects, and composed 20 papers spanning all aspects of economic policy. The present paper synthesizes this body of work. We summarize the panel's assessment of the binding constraints to growth in South Africa and provide specific policy recommendations to help achieve the goal of accelerated and shared growth.

Keywords: South Africa, economic growth

JEL Classification: O50

Suggested Citation

Hausmann, Ricardo, Final Recommendations of the International Panel on the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA) (May 2008). HKS Working Paper No. RWP08-032, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1124292 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1124292

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