Understanding South Africa's economic puzzles*

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The Impact of Chinese Import Penetration on the South African Manufacturing Sector (2015, background): “The lack of dynamism of the manufacturing sector has been seen as a key factor explaining slow growth and high unemployment in South Africa since the ending of apartheid (DTI, 2010; Rodrik, 2008).”
Doing Growth Diagnostics in Practice: A 'Mindbook' (2008, background): “Rodrik (2006) concludes: “When government policy responds systematically to economic or political objectives, the standard growth regression in which economic growth (or any other performance indicator) is regressed on policy tells us nothing about the effectiveness of policy”.”
Formal-informal economy linkages and unemployment in South Africa (2010, unknown): “Rodrik (2008) identifies manufacturing’s poor performance relative to skill-intensive services as the main cause behind rising unemployment among lower-skilled job seekers.”
The nature, extent and effect of skills shortages on skills migration in South Africa (2011, background): “This situation affects the economy and the stability of the whole country (Rodrik, 2006, p. 2).”
Industrial Policy: Don’t Ask Why, Ask How (2009, unknown): “Behind the unemployment problem in South Africa lies the structural change pictured in Figure 3 (Rodrik 2006).”