Working Paper
South Africa's post-apartheid two-step: social demands versus macro stability
Coulibaly, Brahima; Logan, Trevon D. (2009)
During Apartheid, there was little need for redistributional policies or to borrow for public works since the vast majority of the population was underserved. With the arrival of a representative democracy in 1994, however, South Africa faced a unique problem--providing new and improved public services for the majority of its citizens while at the same time ensuring that filling this void would not undermine macroeconomic stability. Over the past fifteen years, policy makers have achieved macrostability, but progress on social needs has been below expectations and South Africa continues to ...
International Finance Discussion Papers , Paper 974