South Africa's Troubled Success Story

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Notes

1. In the 2004 elections the ANC took 69.7% of the vote and 279 of 400 seats in parliament. The Communists and trade unionists do not run candidates independent of the ANC.

2. Richard Hausmann, Dani Rodrik and Andrés Velasco, ‘Growth Diagnostics’, March 2006, http://ksghome.harvard.edu/∼drodrik/barcelonafinalmarch2005.pdf.

3. Dani Rodrik, ‘Understanding South Africa's Economic Puzzles’, September 2006, http://ksghome.harvard.edu/∼drodrik/Understanding%20South%20Africa.pdf.

4. Government of South Africa, ‘Growth, Employment and Redistribution: A Macroeconomic Strategy’, 14 June 1996, http://www.polity.org.za/html/govdocs/policy/growth.html?rebookmark=1.

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Ian Bremmer

Ian Bremmer is President of Eurasia Group, the global political risk consultancy. His book The J Curve: A New Way To Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall was published in August 2006.

Sebastian Spio-Garbrah

Sebastian Spio-Garbrah is an analyst in Eurasia Group's Middle East and Africa Practice Area. He is responsible for coverage of South Africa, Nigeria and other West African states.