{"id":"GSX:POP-009:R02","local_id":"R02","statement":"Managed shrinkage keeps school-seat use near 82 percent rather than 47 percent and reduces the fifty-year present value of the modelled system bill from R384.8 billion to R366.2 billion. Under delayed adjustment, satellite and outer-edge coverage fall to 41 and 72 percent by 2076.","value":"366.2","unit":"billion constant rand, fifty-year present value under managed shrinkage","scenario":"Managed shrinkage compared with delayed adjustment","evidence_status":"modelled","href":"https://greyscienx.com/research/population-futures/how-to-shrink-a-country-without-breaking-it/results/R02"}