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The general argument presented by Arrow et al. runs as follows: government regulation might improve on free market outcomes, since markets sometimes misallocate resources. However, the costs of regulations need to be assessed against their presumed benefits. Benefit-cost analysis is a valuable technique for making such an assessment, even though it was developed for the appraisal of physical investment projects. However, since the technique is not perfect, it should not provide the only input into the process, but rather be part of an array of evidence.

This paper documents a South African Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for the year 2009. The national SAM is built using official supply-use tables, national accounts, state budgets, and balance of payments, and so provides a detailed representation of the South African economy. It separates 49 activities and 85 commodities; labor is disaggregated by education level; and households by per capita expenditure deciles. Information on labor is drawn from the 2009 Quarterly Labor Force Survey and on households from the 2005 Income and Expenditure Survey. Finally, the SAM identifies government, investment and foreign accounts. It is therefore an ideal database for conducting economywide impact assessments, including SAM-based multiplier analysis and computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. ; Non-PR ; IFPRI1 ; DSGD

The purpose of this article is to assess the likely impact of stabilisation policies on the health of children in Zimbabwe. It begins with a discussion of some of the general methodological issues involved in this kind of measurement before going on to outline Zimbabwe's recent stabilisation experiences. It considers how policies adopted have affected, first, general determinants of health status and, second, specific health sector inputs. Finally it attempts to assess the extent to which these factors have affected the health status of children.

Focuses on 1980-84. Impact of policies on the general economic environment and health inputs; effect on government health programs; child mortality, morbidity, and nutritional status.

The South African government is evaluating the economy's performance over its first decade in power. This period can be characterised by a 'double' liberalisation: democratisation of the political process going hand in hand with liberalisation of the economy. This article provides a broad overview of the macroeconomic aspects of this liberalisation. (Dev South Afr/DÜI)