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Showing 1 to 20 of 209 for “"Liberalisation"”.
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Financial liberalisation in Zimbabwe : what went wrong?
… repression when it introduced financial liberalisation in 1991. Since independence in 1980, the government had used interest rate controls and strict foreign exchange regulations in order to control the economy. This mini-dissertation will analyse financial reforms in Zimbabwe from 1991 …
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The privatisation and liberalisation of telecommunications in Bahrain.
Many countries have attempted telecommunications liberalization and privatization using different policy approaches, resulting in varying degrees and types of success. This thesis examines the impact and implications of telecommunications liberalization and privatization in the Kingdom of Bahrain. …
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Financial liberalisation and the crisis in Thailand in 1997
… short lived and soon ended, after the financial liberalisation was completed. Finally, economic growth came to a sudden stop and the crisis erupted in July 1997. This thesis investigates the contribution of financial liberalisation to the crisis in Thailand by focusing on four main issues: the …
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Financial liberalisation and banking crises in sub-Saharan Africa
… to investigate the causal effect of financial liberalisation policies on the stability of banking sectors in selected countries in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). The study is motivated by theoretical emphasis on the competing in uence of financial liberalisation in fostering financial development, …
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South African household savings and the influence of financial liberalisation
… youth dependency, elderly dependency, financial liberalisation and financial deepening. The impacts of financial liberalisation and financial deepening were also examined against the household debt ratio. Findings revealed that household savings are negatively impacted by youth dependency. …
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Capital account liberalisation in developing countries implications for South Africa
… the general international tendencies towards liberalisation, in recent years there has been increased pressure to lift exchange controls. Despite these pressures, some economists believe there is a need for the maintenance of controls. These arguments are based on issues relating to the …
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Trade liberalisation, prices and the skill premium in South Africa
We look at how trade liberalisation, working through product prices, has affected the skill premium in South Africa over the period 1990-2009. Our main finding is that trade liberalisation lead to a reduction in prices over this period, and through prices mandated a rise in the skill premium of …
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The effect of trade liberalisation and foreign direct investment in Mexico
This thesis analyses how trade liberalisation and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) have impacted on Mexico’s economy. Time series econometric estimations techniques and estimations of a dynamic simultaneous equations system were conducted using quarterly data (from 1980 to 2002). In a VAR framework, …
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State policy, liberalisation and the development of the Indian software industry
… key policy issue of recent years has been policy liberalisation, and the thesis takes as its central theme the role that policy liberalisation plays in software industry development. A specific case study is made of the Indian software industry and Indian software policy because these have been …
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Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Economic Growth: South Africa's automotive perspective
This study examines the impact of trade liberalisation policies on the economic growth of South Africa's automotive industry within the context of international trade. The study aims to investigate the effects of trade openness policy on the automotive industry's development and economic growth. …
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A macroeconometric analysis of South Africa’s post-liberalisation capital inflow components
… inflows following socio-political and financial liberalisation in the mid-1990s. However, unlike many other emerging countries, the bulk of South Africa’s post-liberalisation inflows have been in the traditionally short-term forms of portfolio and other investment. Hence, in this thesis, a …
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Trade liberalisation and market discipline : evidence from South African manufacturing sectors
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 66-68).
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The impact of coffee market liberalisation on producer price behaviour in Tanzania
… On the other hand, whereas agricultural market liberalisation has become a global agenda as a way of improving market performance and stabilising prices, its impact and realised benefits differ across countries, and there is a debate about the outcomes of liberalisation. More importantly, as …
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Liberalisation, the World Bank and investment in the electricity systems of Vietnam
… needs of development; and what is the impact of liberalisation policies on both these issues. It addresses these questions through the case study of Vietnam. The theoretical literature on liberalisation theorised away the role of the state that had grown under post-war Keynesian consensus. …
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An analysis of the level of liberalisation in South Africa's transport sector
… sector. This study aims to assess the level of liberalisation of South Africa's transport sector to gauge the presence of trade restrictive measures in the sector that would limit access, establishment and or operation by foreign service suppliers. This is done through an analysis of domestic …
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A Strategic Model for Investment in Korean Shipping Under the New Liberalisation Treaty
Following trade liberalisation, shipping has been further affected by the world economic environment. Despite arguments as to whether the nature of the shipping industry is a liberalised one or not, it is now clearly seen as the case by the shipping industry itself. The primary goal of this thesis …
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Trade liberalisation, technological change and the skill structure of employment in South Africa
There has 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 …
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The risk of reform : privatisation and liberalisation in the Brazilian electric power industry
… on the orthodox therapies of privatisation and liberalisation. The industry was well-positioned to benefit from the reforms: it was technically sophisticated, relatively efficient, and attractive to both domestic and foreign investors. Electricity rates had been suppressed for a long time, but …
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