2026: Policy Papers

Policy Papers

• Twenty-five years of inflation targeting and the new inflation target Policy Paper 55

  Vincent Dadam, Tumisang Loate

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• Breaking the regravelling trap: A fiscal-federalism contract for upgrading South Africa’s unpaved roads Policy Paper 54

  Don Ross, Matthew Townshend, Vincent van der Westhuizen

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• Regulating digital platforms: A comparative analysis of Kenya and South Africa Policy Paper 53

  Karissa Moothoo Padayachie Nair, Reena Das Nair

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• Unlocking Manufacturing Growth in South Africa: Firm Productivity, Labour Mobility and Participation Policy Paper 52

  Carol Newman

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• Trade under duress: Assessing South Africa’s trade diversification toward China in response to U.S. tariff actions Policy Paper 51

  Godfrey Kamutando, Vincent van der Westhuizen, Matthew Stern

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• Services-led growth in the context of de-industrialization: Opportunities for structural transformation and job creation in South Africa Policy paper 50

  Zaakir Asmal, Christopher Rooney

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• Towards an Integrated Agricultural Growth Path for South Africa Policy Paper 49

  Tinashe Kapuya, Wandile Sihlobo

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• Poverty Reduction Under Structural Constraints: Growth, Inequality and Policy Trade-Offs in South Africa Policy Paper 48

  Servaas van der Berg

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• Power, People, and Productivity: Skills Development for South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Policy Paper 47

  Roula Inglesi-Lotz, WiZelle Kritzinger, Vutomi Nkuna, Tania Nqosa

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• The Structural Change Emergency in South Africa Policy Paper 46

  Calumn Hamilton, Emmanuel Mensah

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• Reigniting Investment in South Africa Policy Paper 45

  Roy Havemann

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• Enhancing merger control to support economic growth in South Africa Policy Paper 44

  Willem Boshoff

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• Understanding South Africa’s mining slowdown Policy Paper 43

  Robert Botha

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