Unrealistic pricing by SOEs blocks recovery

06 December 2020 - 01:01 By william gumede

The government should introduce a cap on runaway administrative prices, which are the prices of products, services and rates set by state-owned entities, government utilities and municipalities, to prevent these prices from derailing a Covid-19 financial crisis recovery...

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