The statement was fairly simple: assure the IMF that the future government will pursue prudent macroeconomic policies. This was something that the ANC in particular had adopted as an approach as early as 1992 in a document entitled - Ready to Govern. We did not sell out!
24  See James J. Heckman, Seong Hyeok Moon, Rodrigo Pinto, Peter A. Savelyev, and Adam Yavitz (2010), “The Rate of Return to the HighScope Perry Preschool Program,” Journal of Public Economics, vol. 94 (1-2), pp.