OVERVIEW. - Economic policy in South Africa-past, present and future / Haroon Bhorat, Alan Hirsch, Ravi Kanbur and Mthuli Ncube --. - PART 1: THE ECONOMICS OF POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA. - Twenty years of economic policymaking-putting people first / Trevor Manuel --. - South Africa's growth...

This paper evaluates structural change, inequality dynamics, and industrial policy in South Africa between 1960 and the present day. We find that South Africa experienced growth-enhancing structural transformation until the early 1970s, before entering a period of premature deindustrialization....