IMF Staff Country Reports

South Africa: Selected Issues

December 2, 2004

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South Africa: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2004) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper reviews the status and potential impacts of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. It draws on demographic projections and economic studies, and summarizes the official policy response and actions taken by the nongovernmental and business communities. It presents some stylized facts on property price developments in South Africa, and reviews briefly the link between asset price developments and economic activity. It also looks at the ability of policymakers to identify asset price booms.

Subject: Asset prices, Balance of payments, Capital flows, Foreign direct investment, Health, HIV and AIDS, Housing prices, Prices

Keywords: Africa, Aids, AIDS awareness, Asset price booms, Asset prices, Capital flows, Cost, CR, Customs duty, Foreign direct investment, Global, HIV and AIDS, ISCR, Portfolio flow, Reserve, Reserve holding

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    82

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2004/379

  • Stock No:

    1ZAFEA0042004

  • ISBN:

    9781451841022

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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