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Showing 1 to 20 of 131 for “"African economy"”.
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DSGE Models for the South African Economy
… in all the models. However, the South African labour market remains the hardest to replicate amidst well documented inflexibility
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DSGE models for the South African economy
… in all the models. However, the South African labour market remains the hardest to replicate amidst well documented inflexibility.
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Telkom and the South African economy : achieving the optimal relationship
… industry to best serve the needs of the South African economy. The objective for restructuring the telecommunications industry must be to maximise long-term consumer welfare for all South Africans. This paper argues that consumer welfare will be maximised only by dismantling the statutory …
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Economic impact of cardiovascular disease on the South African economy, 1991
… thesis estimates the cost of CVD to the South African economy in 1991. Health economics is in its infancy in South Africa and no cost-of-illness study has been carried out in this country before. This study is thus a pioneering work in many ways; an appropriate methodological framework in which …
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The impact of foreign aid on the South African economy (1980-2008
The role of foreign aid in promoting economic growth and improving welfare has been the subject of much debate among development specialists, researchers, aid donors as well as recipients in general. Two very strong views have emerged in the literature; proponents of aid posit that foreign aid …
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The Post-apartheid South African Economy in the global economic system, 1994-2004
Since 1994, South Africa's economy has not been the same. The transition period meant that the country had to make critical choices in the country's interest. International and internal forces had to be balanced for the sake of a new developing economy. South Africa had to align its economic …
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Essays on the role of banking and finance in the South African economy
… interaction between the banking sector and the economy in South Africa. To do so, we evaluate the historical evolution of productivity in the South African banking industry in chapter 2, by calculating a measure of productivity through a descriptive exercise. In chapter 3, we introduce labour …
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A time series approach to the monetary sector of the South African economy
This thesis provides an investigation of the applicability of time series analysis to the process of economic model building. Chapter l explains the position of the Box-Jenkins approach to time series analysis in relation to other techniques of analysis. In Chapters 2 and 3 the theory of model …
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Infrastructure, institutions and economic growth : a time-series study of the South African economy
A growing empirical has analysed the historical relationship between infrastructure and output in South Africa, finding a broadly positive effect that operates largely via the marginal productivity of private capital. We extend this literature by investigating the relationship between …
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A model of personnel development and training in the South African economy, with specific reference to the training of black migrant workers using educational television
… administrator, his position in the South African economy and the problems he faces at grass roots level. In chapters four and five, I deal with the establishment of a personnel development programme to deal with the problems confronting the personnel administrator. Chapters six to ten deal …
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An impact evaluation of a retail business skills training programme
The South African retail industry is growing significantly and increasingly becoming an important contributor to the country's economic growth. The industry grew by 5.9 percent in 2011, in terms of sales, compared to 3.6 percent decline in 2009. According to figures provided by the Statistics South …
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Foreign direct investment in South Africa : a comparative study of strategies and key determinants
… performance and the impact of FDI on the South African economy.
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Century City as a case study for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in South Africa
… is a prominent component of the South African economy, and has been allocated hundreds of billions of Rands by the budgetary council in the present political term of office (2009-2014).
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An analysis of monetary policy and its effect on inflation and economic growth in South Africa
… factors not only influence inflation within the economy, but also the efficacy of monetary policy in its pursuit of its many goals. The South African economy has thus long been a victim of volatile inflation, low growth and low employment creation, which are all matters that form part of the …
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The effectiveness of the appraisal right as a form of shareholder protection
… and enhancing efficiency in the South African economy the legislature liberalised fundamental transaction policy under the Companies Act 71 of 2008 ('the Act'). Two of the leading reforms were: limiting the court's involvement in the approval of fundamental transactions to specified …
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Trade liberalisation, technological change and the skill structure of employment in South Africa
… been considerable liberalisation of the South African economy since the early 1980s. During the 1990s, the liberalisation process coincided with rising skill and capital-intensity of production and substantial declines in the employment of less-skilled labour. This theris draws upon a variety …
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Black-owned small-scale building enterprises in the South African construction industry: attributes, constraints to growth and factors of success
The construction sector of the South African economy consists of a variety of types of enterprises. These enterprises engage in 'formal' and 'informal' construction and building activities. The distinction between these types of activities is that the latter are not recorded in official returns …
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Exploring Factors That Can Contribute to Youth Participation in Indigenous Crop Farming at Tshipise Sagole Village
Agriculture is one of the main pillars of South African economy, for youth to be actively participating in South African economy it means that they should also consider to be engaged within agricultural sector of South Africa. Stats SA (2021) continued stating that “percentage of unemployed youth …
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The contribution of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to domestic employment levels in South Africa: a Vector Autoregressive Approach
South Africa is a free market economy that promotes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in all of its economic sectors, with the aim of accelerating economic growth and increasing job opportunities. Several empirical works have yielded mixed and controversial results with regard to the effects of FDI …
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Employing developmental mentorship to enhance the livelihoods and entrepreneurial capabilities of waste pickers
… for various reasons associated with the South African economy and their life trajectories, including a lack of skills. The consequence of this is that these individuals are unable to find secure employment in the formal economy. The income they obtain is from the recyclable items that they …
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