Focus on dependencies has led to bloated state payroll and failure to grow prosperity
Efforts to reduce poverty after apartheid have relied heavily on transfer payments and quotas
26 November 2019 - 16:30
The political opportunism that entrenches the government’s bloated wage bill explains policymakers’ inability to advance broad prosperity.
Analysing why SA’s successive governing parties have exploited dependencies will make inclusive growth policies less elusive...
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