Conclusion

South Africa will ultimately have to undertake its economic planning within the confines of the global economic architecture. By providing insight on best practice, sharing comparative data, and offering recommendations, multinational funding organisations help to shape the debate around policy interventions. Further engagement among civil society, think tanks, African universities and policymakers is needed to deliver a framework for a strategy to accelerate inclusive economic growth.

It is recommended that policymakers take heed of the international thinking contained in this report and that planning is measured against it. This does not mean a wholesale copying of what international funding institutions dictate, but finding unique South African solutions capable of responding to what are universal concerns.