[TOP STORY] World Bank report: High cost of crime to SA

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‘We find that the overall cost is at least 10% of GDP. It comprises of what we call transfer costs, which are the direct losses that households and businesses are suffering from theft and robberies, and that's about 3% of GDP,’ says Bénédicte Baduel, senior economist at the World Bank.
22 Nov 2023 10AM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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