Mandoza Nkalakatha

Mandoza Nkalakatha

  

Mandoza Nkalakatha with opening by Nelson Mandela South Africa's transition to democracy in 1994 created new possibilities for economic policy. Economic liberalization brought sustained, if unspectacular, growth that reversed the long decline in per capita incomes, but left its scars in much job shedding associated with business becoming internationally competitive. However, using poverty estimates from a combination of sources, the study linked below demonstrates that poverty has nevertheless declined quite substantially since 2000. http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/research-papers/2007/en_GB/rp2007-57/