## South Africa: Selected Economic Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 18, 1996_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 18, 1996
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451840926.002

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### Overview and growth findings
- Examines economic development in South Africa during 1995–96.
- In 1995, the economy of South Africa grew by 3.3 percent, the third consecutive year of economic growth.
- Growth in 1996 is expected to be between 3½ and 4 percent.

### Unemployment and labor market
- Some aspects of the unemployment problem are addressed in this paper.

### Policy implications and trade orientation
- Focuses on the implications for policy of the steps taken in 1994 and 1995 to establish an outward-oriented economy after many years of effective autarky.

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