Making democracy work
Subtitle: a framework for macroeconomic policy in South Africa : a report to members of the Democratic Movement of South Africa
By: from the Macroeconomic Research Group.
Publisher: Centre for Development Studies
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Bellville, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
Subjects: Democracy -- South Africa.; Macroeconomics.; South Africa -- Economic policy.; South Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1991-
Description: MERG has become convinced that a sea change in economic policy is essential to generate growth in the next few years. It can demonstrate that its proposed policy framework is both coherent and affordable. The MERG proposals offer a radically different vision of the future of South Africa. They have been designed to address the current imbalances, through direct intervention, in a way which would benefit all sections of the South African population within a short period of time.

MERG took the objectives of the democratic movement as its starting point. The aim of the MERG framework is, therefore, to secure a rapid improvement in the quality of the daily lives of South Africa's poorest, most oppressed and disadvantaged people.

The strategy stresses programmes to: initiate job creation and training programmes for the unemployed; improve the status of the poorest women in the rural areas; improve the availability and quality of education, health, housing and electrification; raise the level of wages of low-income workers, and; dramatically improve the skills of employed workers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-330).