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    Do cash transfers enable the very poor to save?

    Oxford Policy Management, 2008
    Experiences from around show that building poor people’s capacities to accumulate assets for the long term is central to poverty reduction. In this process, household savings play a particularly significant role. Contrary to what one might assume, evidence increasingly points to the fact that poor people are able to and do save.
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    Collective bargaining: wage and non-wage settlement trends in the South African labour market

    National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2008
    The continuing expansion of the wage gap in South Africa is the subject of this report. It examines wage and income trends in the period 1995-2005 in terms of racial background and sector of employment. Attention is particularly paid to negotiated pay settlements between employers and workers (often via unions) and non-wage conditions such as working hours and health and safety concerns.
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    Lessons from the South African electricity crisis

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008
    The ongoing electricity crisis in South Africa is having serious consequences on the economy. Electricity supply is predicted to constrain growth for at least the next five years. How could this have occurred when until recently South Africa had a surplus of cheap electricity?
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    Inflation-targeting in sub-Saharan Africa: why now? Why at all?

    Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2008
    As only the second central bank in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Bank of Ghana has adopted an inflation-targeting regime.  This paper argues that this step is wrong and comes at a bad time as:
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    Reform of retirement provisions: feasibility studies

    Department of Social Development, Republic of South Africa, 2008
    The government of South Africa is undertaking retirement reform initiatives to establish a comprehensive social security system. The potential components of the system are a universal noncontributory system (or social assistance), a mandatory contributory system and regulatory oversight of additional voluntary arrangements.
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    Foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: origins, targets, impact and potential

    African Economic Research Consortium, 2006
    Despite a considerable increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in real terms, Africa's share of global FDI fell by over a half since 1970.FDI accounts for just one fifth of all capital flows to Africa and the continent remains aid-dependent. As FDI is a key resource for growth and development, Africa must learn how to attract it.
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    The impact of growth and redistribution on poverty and inequality in South Africa

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007
    The authors evaluate the experience of the South African economy with respect to growth, poverty and inequality trends since democracy in 1994. They argue that while it remains contested whether there are fewer people in poverty today, there is greater consensus among analysts that inequality has increased since 1994.
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    Central banks, inflation targeting and employment creation

    International Labour Organization, 2007
    This research argues that current day orthodoxy of central banking, giving priority to single digit inflation rates is neither optimal nor desirable. The orthodoxy is based on false premises such as:
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    Budget monitoring and policy influence: lessons from civil society budget analysis and advocacy initiatives

    Overseas Development Institute, 2007
    This study examines the issues of budget accountability and budget policies. Within budget acountability it looks at budget groups’ impact on levels of budget transparency, public literacy and awareness of budget issues, and public engagement with budget processes. Budget policy includes for example investigation into the improvements in budget systems and shifts in allocations.
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    The extent and effects of casualisation in southern Africa: analysis of Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe

    National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa, 2006
    This study explores the extent of casualisation in the southern African region’s formal sector and its impact on workers and the economy. It is based on country studies in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Some of the conclusions include: Lesotho

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