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AWS investment in South Africa results in economic ripple effect

AWS Public Sector Blog

billion more in its South African cloud infrastructure by 2029. According to the EIS, AWS operations will add an estimated ZAR 68 billion more to South Africa’s GDP by 2029. An overview of AWS’s planned investment and its estimated economic impact in South Africa from 2018-2029. View a larger version of the image here.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

“Cities were more likely to change their local zoning in 2021 compared with 2014 – and to do so more dramatically,” they wrote. But after the reforms were passed, the next planning cycle in 2021 saw the total jump to 2.5 Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect. million units.

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