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It reviews South Africa’s social, political, and economic context, including poverty, inequality, unemployment, and the expected impacts of COVID-19. The framework outlines partnership and financing arrangements across IBRD, IFC, and MIGA, and specifies program summary, financial management, procurement, monitoring, and evaluation, together with a risk management approach for delivering results.","Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized  \nCountry Partnership Framework  \nwith  \nTHE REPUBLIC  \nOF SOUTH ~~   A ~~ F  R~~ ~~ I ~~CA~~  \nfor the period FY22–FY26  \nCountry Partnership Framework  \nwith  \nfor the period FY22–FY26  \nJune 24, 2021  \n~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ IBRD ~~ ~~  \nEastern and Southern Africa Region South Africa Country Management Unit The International Finance Corporation Middle East and Africa Region The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency  \nThe date of the last Performance and Learning Review was 1 February 2017.  \nCurrency Equivalents  \n(Exchange rate effective as of June 17, 2021) Currency Unit = South African Rand  \n1.00 US$ = 14.0594 ZAR  \nFiscal Year  \n1 April–31 March  \nIBRD  \nIFC  \nMIGA  \n\n| Vice President: | Hafez M. H. Ghanem | Sergio Pimenta | Hiroshi Matano |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Country Director / Director: | Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly | Kevin Njiraini | Merli Baroudi |\n| Task Team Leader: | Emmanuel Noubissie, | Adamou Labara, | Jessica Wade, Persephone Economou, |\n|  | Asmeen Khan | Rajeev Gopal | Kassim Olanrewaju |\n\nContents  \nAcknowledgements   vii  \nAbbreviations and Acronyms   viii  \nI. INTRODUCTION   1  \nII. COUNTRY CONTEXT AND DEVELOPMENT AGENDA   5  \nII.1 . Social and Political Context   5  \nII.2 . Recent Economic Developments   7  \nII.2.1 . Dynamics of economic growth in South Africa   7  \nII.2.2 . Recent economic performance   9  \nII.2.3 . Medium-term Outlook   11  \nII.3 . Poverty, Inequality and Unemployment Profile   14  \nII.3.1 . Poverty is high, with racial, spatial and gender dimension   14  \nII.3.2 . Inequality is the highest in the world   16  \nII.3.3 . Unemployment is exceptionally high and persistent   17  \nII.3.4 . COVID-19 is projected to worsen poverty, inequality and unemployment   18  \nII.4 . Challenges to Accelerating Poverty Reduction and Boosting Shared Prosperity   19  \nII.4.1 . Insufficient skills (labor supply)   19  \nII.4.2 . The skewed distribution of land and productive assets, and weak property rights (land and capital markets)   21  \nII.4.3 . Exclusion in markets reduces competition and hurts SMEs   21  \nII.4.4 . Limited spatial connectivity and underserved historically disadvantaged settlements   22  \nII.4.5 . Climate shocks—transition to a low-carbon economy and growing water insecurity   23  \nII.4.6 . Governance as a cross-cutting constraint   23  \nII.4.7. Summary   24  \nIII. WORLD BANK GROUP PARTNERSHIP FRAMEWORK    \n25  \nIII.1 . Government Program and Medium-term Strategy   25  \nIII.2 . The WBG Country Partnership Framework   26  \nIII.2.1 . Lessons learned from past implementation and from consultations   27  \nIII.2.2 . Alignment with Government’s priorities and SCD/CPSD Findings   28  \nIII.2.3 . Comparative Advantages of the World Bank Group   30  \nIII.3 . Focus Areas and Objectives Supported by the WBG Program   31  \nIII.3.1 . Focus Area 1: Promote increased competition and improved business environment for sustainable growth   32  \nIII.3.2 . Focus Area 2: Strengthen MSME performance and skills development to support job creation   39  \nIII.3.3 . Focus Area 3: Improve the Infrastructure Investment Framework and Selected Infrastructure Services   44  \nIII.3.4 . Cross-Cutting Themes   49  \nIII.3.5 . Supporting Regional Integration   54  \nIII.3.6 . Maintaining and Deepening the Knowledge Agenda   54  \nIII.4 . Implementing the CPF   55  \nIII.4.1 . Program Summary   55  \nIII.4.2 . Financial Management   57  \nIII.4.3 . Procurement   57  \nIII.4.4 . Monitoring and Evaluation   58  \nIII.4.5 . Partnership and Development Partner Coordination   58  \nIV. 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