South Africa: Selected Issues

Volume/Issue: Volume 2004 Issue 379
Publication date: December 2004
ISBN: 9781451841022
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Exports and Imports , Economics- Macroeconomics , ISCR , CR , Aids , cost , reserve , asset price booms , portfolio flow , AIDS awareness , reserve holding , customs duty , Asset prices , HIV and AIDS , Foreign direct investment , Capital flows , Africa , Global

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.