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Technical Note
A 2019 Social Accounting Matrix for South Africa with occupational and capital stock detail

This technical note describes the compilation of a 2019 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for South Africa. SAMs are economy-wide databases that are used together with analytical techniques to strengthen evidence-based policy analysis. This SAM is based...

  • Social Accounting Matrix
  • National accounts
  • Supply table
Technical Note
Documenting the 2019 Social Accounting Matrix for Mozambique

This technical note describes how the 2015 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Mozambique was updated. New Household Budget Survey data availability, changes in the economic structure as captured by the underlying Supply and Use Tables and National...

  • Social Accounting Matrix
  • National accounts
  • Supply table
Working Paper
Structural features of the Mozambique economy through the lens of a 2019 social accounting matrix

This study presents and discusses structural features of the Mozambique economy through the lens of a recently constructed 2019 social accounting matrix (SAM). This is an important reality check of the SAM construction process since it brings...

  • Social Accounting Matrix
  • National accounts
  • Supply table
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Structural features of the Myanmar economy through the lens of a 2017 Social Accounting Matrix

Based on a recently constructed 2017 Social Accounting Matrix, we examine structural aspects of the Myanmar economy. The exposition ranges from industry, trade, household income, and expenditure to labour market issues. Agriculture remains dominant...

  • Balance of payments
  • Income distribution
  • Labour force survey
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A Pre-Prototype 2015 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Myanmar

This paper documents the compilation of a Pre-Prototype 2015 Social Accounting Matrix for Myanmar and provides an overview of key economic structural features of this emerging economy in a challenging process of transition. We built this Social...

  • Social Accounting Matrix
  • National accounts
  • Supply table
Working Paper
A 2015 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Mozambique

This paper documents a 2015 Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Mozambique. The SAM is built using unpublished Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) industry-level production accounts, commodity-level supply–demand balances and a supply matrix...

  • Social Accounting Matrix
  • National accounts
  • Supply table
Research Brief
A pre-prototype Social Accounting Matrix for Myanmar
  • Social Accounting Matrix
  • National accounts
  • Supply table
Working Paper
A 2013 Social Accounting Matrix for Zimbabwe

This paper documents the construction of a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Zimbabwe in 2013. The SAM was built using National Accounts data from the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZIMSTAT), including balance of payment data, government...

  • Social Accounting Matrix
  • National accounts
  • Supply table
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A 2016 social accounting matrix for South Africa with an occupationally disaggregated labour market representation

Examining the economy-wide consequences of South Africa following a similar trajectory of labour market polarization to the rest of the world requires an appropriate database for an economy-wide policy analysis framework. This paper describes how a...

  • Social Accounting Matrix
  • National accounts
  • Supply table
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