The Department
Servaas van der Berg
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Phone: +27 (0)21 808 2239
Office: Schumann 513
Research interests:
Economic development, Poverty, Income distribution, Social policy, Education
Courses lectured:Economics 348 (Poverty and Distribution), Development Economics 771 & 871, Economics of Education 771 & 871
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BER Weekly
30 March 2020Late Friday night, Moody's downgraded SA's foreign and local currency sovereign credit rating to Ba1 - one notch below investment grade - following a scheduled ratings review. Tragically, SA also recorded its first COVID-19 deaths and cases surged to over 1 200 during the week.In financial markets, the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) announced it would start...
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BER Weekly
30 March 2020Late Friday night, Moody's downgraded SA's foreign and local currency sovereign credit rating to Ba1 - one notch below investment grade - following a scheduled ratings review. Tragically, SA also recorded its first COVID-19 deaths and cases surged to over 1 200 during the week.In financial markets, the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) announced it would start...
Read the full issue