Analysing the effects of public expenditure on economic growth in South Africa
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Date
2022
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
Since the commencement of South Africa’s democracy in 1994, South Africa has made
tremendous progress with a focus on sustainable economic growth. Due to data limitations
because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the study drew on quarterly data for the period 1997 to
2018 to examine the effect of public investment on economic growth in South Africa. The
study drew data from World Bank and The International Monetary Fund, making use of real
gross domestic production, general government capital stock, private capital stock, research
and development and total employment were used. The analysis was conducted with the use
of EViews 12.
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Masters of Commerce
Keywords
Investment expenditure, Economic growth, South Africa, Covid-19, World Bank