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What are the distributional implications of halving poverty in South Africa when growth alone is not enough.

— Fiona Tregenna

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The macroeconomic policies presentedin the NGP are mixed. The monetarypolicy on the one hand commits to lowerreal interest rates and continued targetingof low and stable inﬂation.

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It is better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be stupid and speak lies.

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If a poor person envies a rich person, he is no better than the rich person.

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The poor, by thinking unceasingly of money, reach the point of losing the spiritual advantages of non-possession, thereby sinking as low as the rich.

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