South Africa Economic Update, Edition 13 : Building Back Better from COVID-19 with a Special Focus on Jobs
South Africa is set to emerge from the crisis weaker than it had been going into it. However, this Economic Update argues that the reasons for low growth and high unemployment do not lie in the government’s crisis response, which has generally been sound. Growth is expected to reach 4 percent i...
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okr-10986-359872021-07-22T05:10:45Z South Africa Economic Update, Edition 13 : Building Back Better from COVID-19 with a Special Focus on Jobs World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH LABOR MARKET POVERTY FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY EXTERNAL SECTOR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RISKS CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT INEQUALITY PANDEMIC RESPONSE South Africa is set to emerge from the crisis weaker than it had been going into it. However, this Economic Update argues that the reasons for low growth and high unemployment do not lie in the government’s crisis response, which has generally been sound. Growth is expected to reach 4 percent in 2021, slowing to 2.1 percent in 2022 and 1.5 by 2023. The global recovery is helping South Africa, especially given strong performance by China and the United States, two of its main trading partners. With deeper economic reforms, South Africa could benefit even more from the high growth in its trading partners. Low-wage workers suffered almost four times more job losses than did high-wage ones. Although a modest job recovery has started, it is at risk from the severe third wave of the pandemic. Self-employment represents only 10 percent of all jobs, as against 30 percent in most upper-middle-income economies, such as Turkey, Mexico, and Brazil. The emerging start-up sector in South Africa could help close this gap. 2021-07-21T14:19:31Z 2021-07-21T14:19:31Z 2021-06 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/161431626102808095/Building-Back-Better-from-COVID-19-with-a-Special-Focus-on-Jobs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35987 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) South Africa |
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South Africa is set
to emerge from the crisis weaker than it had been going into it. However,
this Economic Update argues that the reasons for low growth and
high unemployment do not lie in the government’s crisis response,
which has generally been sound. Growth is expected to reach 4 percent
in 2021, slowing to 2.1 percent in 2022 and 1.5 by 2023. The global
recovery is helping South Africa, especially given strong performance
by China and the United States, two of its main trading partners. With
deeper economic reforms, South Africa could benefit even more from
the high growth in its trading partners. Low-wage workers suffered almost four times
more job losses than did high-wage ones. Although a modest job recovery
has started, it is at risk from the severe third wave of the pandemic. Self-employment represents only 10 percent of all jobs,
as against 30 percent in most upper-middle-income economies, such
as Turkey, Mexico, and Brazil. The emerging start-up sector in South
Africa could help close this gap. |
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South Africa Economic Update, Edition 13 : Building Back Better from COVID-19 with a Special Focus on Jobs |
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South Africa Economic Update, Edition 13 : Building Back Better from COVID-19 with a Special Focus on Jobs |
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