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Showing 1 to 20 of 178 for “"SADC"”.
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The impact of SADC regionalisation on intra-SADC trade
… the South African Development Community (SADC) only conducts about 9% of its total trade within the region. Against this background, SADC agreed to a Trade Protocol in 2000 with the objective of deepening regional economic integration. Amongst the objectives of the SADC Trade Protocol was …
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Determinants of Life Insurance Penetration in SADC
This study aims to investigate variables that impact on life insurance consumption in 15 Southern African Development Community member states, using panel data for the period 1995 to 2013. The macroeconomic and demographic variables employed in the research are income, inflation, financial …
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The SADC protocol on trade: a critical analysis
"Is the SADC Trade Protocol adequate to meet its stated objectives and to address the problems of limited intra-SADC trade?" This thesis will argue that although the protocol has had some impact on intra-regional trade, some provisions contained within it remain a barrier to trade. The thesis will …
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Financial Development Channels and Remittances in the SADC
There is a constant need to seek new catalysts for economic growth in various regions of the world, particularly within Sub-Saharan Africa. Financial development and remittances could be potential catalysts, but this has been strongly debated in empirical research. This study, therefore, analysed …
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Is public debt boosting economic growth in SADC?
The World Bank estimates that Africa's inadequate infrastructure decreases productivity by around 40 per cent every year and reduces national economic growth by 2 per cent annually. Such disadvantages hinder private sector investment, which is a key driver of job and wealth creation. Financing the …
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Regional integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
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Food security and regional integration in the SADC region
… in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. Food security is rigorously defined, and its ideological foundations are examined. Because food security is so intricately linked to poverty and rural development, a discussion of the food security situation renders a study of the …
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The 1998 SADC intervention in Lesotho: international law perspectives
On the 22 September 1998 the South African National Defence Forces entered the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho after the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Pakalitha Mosisili, filed a request for military assistance to the Southern African Development Community. Since the Second World War there have been …
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Regional integration in SADC: the role of BRICS countries
… is to examine the influence of bilateral BRICS-SADC trade connections on SADC's regional economic integration. The issues that were explored included among others whether or not the SADC countries' trade relations with BRICS countries contribute to SADC's goal of promoting deeper regional …
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Namibia and SADC free trade area : maximising export opportunities?
The SADC Treaty 1992 established the Southern African Development Community (SADC) with the purpose of building an integrated regional economic community. The approach taken is to conclude Protocols in each area of co-operation. In the areas of economic and trade liberalization, a Protocol on Trade …
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Demokratisierung in Afrika: Muster der Entwicklung in den SADC-Staaten
… der Southern African Development Community (SADC). Anhand von drei institutionellen und drei Politikfeld-Parametern wird der Demokratisierungsfortschritt der einzelnen Mitglieds-Staaten analysiert und bewertet. Ein globaler Vergleich zeigt die Einordnung der SADC-Staaten in eine weltweite …
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An investigation of the determinants of public health expenditure in SADC
… in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) using annual panel data for the period 2000 to 20 16. Combinations of macroeconomic, technological and demographic factors were used as select determinants. The study also made an inquiry into the income elasticity of health and the stochastic …
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Effects of Foreign Aid in SADC Region: A Case for Malawi
Most underdeveloped countries continue to receive Official Development Aid, and Malawi is not an exception. This research paper examined the effect of Official Development Aid on the Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index in Malawi, using annual time series data from 1990 to 2018. In …
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Legal analysis of the challenges and prospects of the SADC Tribunal
… proper interpretation of the provisions of the SADC Treaty and its subsidiary instruments and to adjudicate upon such disputes as may be referred to it. It has been pronounced by the Treaty that the Protocol to the Tribunal is an integral part of the Treaty and this distinguishes the Tribunal as …
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Governing regional telecommunication networks in a developing region: the SADC case
… in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the thesis examines the political economy underlying regional processes and structures for the development and the implementation of ICT policy frameworks, as shaped by epistemic communities. A conceptual framework is constructed as a lens …
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Exchange rate forecasting: regional applications to ASEAN, CACM, MERCOSUR and SADC countries
This thesis contributes to knowledge concerning the volatility and forecasting of exchange rates in the emerging world. It investigates the exchange rates of the leading trading blocs in that part of the world. This thesis examines exchange rates of selected emerging countries across continents and …
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Gender equality in employment in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region
… in the Southern African ~ Development Community (SADC) · region. My original intention was to simply examine what measures were being taken in the SADC to attain gender equality at work, and analyse these in light of the various models of equality and feminist theories relevant to the labour …
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Development of a least cost energy supply model for the SADC region
… develops an energy system model for the SADC region using the TIMES framework. The model is an optimisation tool designed to find least cost energy supply strategies. It has an individual representation of each country in the region, but allows them to trade in energy. This makes it …
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Infrastructural development and Economic growth: A Case study of the SADC region
… sound regional infrastructure will support the SADC to attain a minimum of 7% economic growth. Consequently, opportunities are then created for exports and imports, markets, labour, and highquality services and products through infrastructural development in SADC economies. Insufficient …
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Developing a regional competition regulatory framework in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
… a regional competition regulatory framework in SADC. Further, the study seeks to identify important lessons from the EU and COMESA that are crucial for the pursuance of a regional competition regulatory framework.
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