Towards a growth strategy for the South African economy

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• Professor in Economics, University of Vermont and Policy Analyst, Development Bank of Southern Africa respectively. We are grateful for constructive comments from Nick Vink, Andre Roux, Craig McKenzie, Diane Flaherty and especially Lance Taylor and Stephen Gelb, who collaborated on an earlier version of the model. The comments of two anonymous reviewers are also gratefully acknowledged. All views expressed in this article are those of the authors and not the DBSA.
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