World Bank World Tables

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	international trade or finance data
Producer	World Bank
Coverage	1950-1990
Works using it	5

Debates

Debate	Works
Industrialisation, protection and industrial structure	4
Did the apartheid economy fail? Growth, productivity, investment and the post-1970s crisis	3
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	3
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement	1
Unemployment: causes, measurement and labour market institutions	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Becker (1988)	World Bank, World Tables (1983) and Population Growth and Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa (1986)	1980s	Provides sectoral GDP comparisons (transport share) and infant mortality and birth rates used for the 25,000-80,000 avoidable infant deaths calculation.
Kaplinsky (1995)	World Bank Tables (diskette) – investment/GDP and capacity-to-import series	1972-90	Used for investment as a share of GDP (Figure 3) and capacity-to-import comparisons showing falling investment in the 1980s.
Moll (1991b)	World Bank, World Tables 1976, 1983 and 1987 (Economic Data Sheet 1; country tables) – real GDP growth	1950-1985	Source of national-accounts-based GDP growth rates used to rank South Africa within the comparison group (Table 2).
Moll (1991c)	World Bank, World Tables 1976, 1983, 1987 (Economic Data Sheets / country tables)	1950-1985	Source of national real GDP growth rates used to rank South Africa among comparator countries by decade.
Moll (1991d)	World Bank, World Tables 1976, 1983, 1987 (Economic Data Sheets / country tables)	1950-1985	National-accounts output figures give GDP growth rates and South Africa's ranking among 20 developing and 10 developed countries (Table 2).