The poverty ratio of 23-26 per cent is still too high, about a quarter billion people living in poverty are too many. Employment growth is inadequate and we have an expanding young labour force, which will demand quality jobs. Public service delivery continues to be poor, with little sign of improvement.
Let me now turn to a menu of things that we need to do. BIS Review 112/2006  11  III. Where do we go? We have now had 15 years of economic reforms spanning five governments. What have these reforms achieved?