Unattributed macro growth and sanctions-cost estimates

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	national accounts macro
Producer	Not stated
Coverage	1986-1989
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	2
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement	2
Why apartheid ended: reform, transition and elite bargaining	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Steward (2004a)	Macroeconomic growth and sanctions-cost estimates (unattributed)	1986-1989	Used to claim sanctions reduced growth by about 1.5% per annum, yet the economy grew 2.7% in 1986-89.
Steward (2004b)	Macro figures on growth and sanctions costs (unattributed): 2.7% growth April 1986-Feb 1989; 1.5% p.a. growth loss; R13 billion Mossel Bay investment; $14 billion loans not rolled over	1986-1989	Used to argue that sanctions harmed the economy but the economy still grew and the government could have held on.