South Africa Economic Update, September 2017 : Innovation for Productivity and Inclusiveness

This 10th South Africa Economic Update offers a review of the country’s recent economic and social developments and outlook in the context of global economic prospects. It focuses on the role of innovation in fostering economic growth, job creation...

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spelling okr-10986-284392021-05-25T09:52:05Z South Africa Economic Update, September 2017 : Innovation for Productivity and Inclusiveness World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH LABOR MARKET FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY EXTERNAL TRADE INNOVATION INNOVATION POLICY This 10th South Africa Economic Update offers a review of the country’s recent economic and social developments and outlook in the context of global economic prospects. It focuses on the role of innovation in fostering economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction in an environment in which more South Africans are getting poorer. Main conclusions emerging from this analysis suggest that policies to spur innovation can go a long way in addressing unemployment, poverty and inequality in South Africa. It is our hope that South Africa will continue, and possibly expand, using the World Bank vast body of knowledge, global experience and its convening power as a platform for exchange and peer-to-peer learning in the identification of pragmatic solutions to reach the country’s National Development Plan’s goals. 2017-10-03T20:02:00Z 2017-10-03T20:02:00Z 2017-09 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/779551505322376708/South-Africa-economic-update-innovation-for-productivity-and-inclusiveness http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28439 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Economic & Sector Work Africa South Africa
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
LABOR MARKET
FISCAL TRENDS
MONETARY POLICY
EXTERNAL TRADE
INNOVATION
INNOVATION POLICY
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LABOR MARKET
FISCAL TRENDS
MONETARY POLICY
EXTERNAL TRADE
INNOVATION
INNOVATION POLICY
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South Africa Economic Update, September 2017 : Innovation for Productivity and Inclusiveness
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description This 10th South Africa Economic Update offers a review of the country’s recent economic and social developments and outlook in the context of global economic prospects. It focuses on the role of innovation in fostering economic growth, job creation and poverty reduction in an environment in which more South Africans are getting poorer. Main conclusions emerging from this analysis suggest that policies to spur innovation can go a long way in addressing unemployment, poverty and inequality in South Africa. It is our hope that South Africa will continue, and possibly expand, using the World Bank vast body of knowledge, global experience and its convening power as a platform for exchange and peer-to-peer learning in the identification of pragmatic solutions to reach the country’s National Development Plan’s goals.
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title South Africa Economic Update, September 2017 : Innovation for Productivity and Inclusiveness
title_short South Africa Economic Update, September 2017 : Innovation for Productivity and Inclusiveness
title_full South Africa Economic Update, September 2017 : Innovation for Productivity and Inclusiveness
title_fullStr South Africa Economic Update, September 2017 : Innovation for Productivity and Inclusiveness
title_full_unstemmed South Africa Economic Update, September 2017 : Innovation for Productivity and Inclusiveness
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