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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"SADC region"”.
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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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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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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
… may bring about the sustainability of regional trade, investment, and economic development. Adequate infrastructure is a key element required in growth and productivity (Cesar & Serven, 2004). The availability of sound regional infrastructure will support the SADC to attain a minimum of …
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The impact of remittances on financial sector development: An exploration in the SADC region
… this consensus holds true when examined at a sub-regional level within Sub-Saharan Africa. It is an important question given the extensive literature documenting the direct growth enhancing effect of financial development, and consequently, poverty reduction. In particular, annual data from 11 …
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The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and remittances on economic growth in the SADC Region
… in 16 Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states between 2010 and 2022. Using the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) analysis, the study finds that the effect of FDI on economic growth in the region is statistically insignificant, whereas remittances have a negative impact on …
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Opportunities for short-sea shipping in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region: evidence based on discrete choice modelling
… in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region by studying the determinants of SSS, the stated choice preference of shippers and freight forwarders and the stated intentions of maritime carriers for SSS. It is purported the introduction of SSS in SADC could reduce …
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Climate change governance in the SADC region: towards development of an integrated and comprehensive framework policy or protocol on adaptation
… change has led the international community, regional bodies and national governments to adopt legal instruments and other mechanisms to address the phenomenon. In these efforts and measures mitigation and adaptation have been the prominent response strategies. However, adaptation to climate …
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Whether tax incentives to stimulate foreign direct investment for manufacturing in the SADC region is an indicator of harmful tax competition.
… taxes for manufacturing companies in the SADC region are indicative of member states endeavouring to achieve a common approach to the treatment and application of tax incentives and simultaneously avoid harmful tax competition.
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Promoting regional trade in the SADC region: identifying opportunities for manufactured exports from South Africa to Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… to its five largest trading partners in the SADC region, namely Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Secondly, the study investigates the challenges facing South African firms in exporting to the SADC markets and the strategies that can be pursued to overcome these challenges. …
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An analysis of how the online non-tariff barriers mechanism facilitates reporting, monitoring and elimination of NTBs in the COMESA, EAC and SADC Region
Member countries of multilateral and regional organisations have progressively negotiated tariff preferences and achieved tariff reductions on substantial trade. However, a tendency of policy reversal has been witnessed due to non-tariff barriers (NTBs) being imposed to control trade and recoup …
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Leveraging the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area to Address Trade Facilitation Challenges in Southern African Borders
… of implementing them. It demonstrates how the SADC region can leverage the implementation of the AfCFTA to increase intraregional trade. Incorporating evidence from border crossing reviews, and key informant interviews of trade facilitation experts and practitioners in the SADC region, the …
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Economic structural adjustment programmes in the Southern African development community : an analysis of impact and policy considerations with special reference to Zambia and Zimbabwe
… / IMF, structural adjustment programmes in the SADC region. However, the main focus of the study was on Zimbabwe and Zambia. These World Bank / IMF-influenced perestroikas, are believed to be viable panacea, for the state of economic malaise prevalent in the SADC region. In undertaking this …
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An analysis of the regulatory principles of functional equivalence and technology neutrality in the context of electronic signatures in the formation of electronic transactions in Lesotho and the SADC region
… of electronic commerce (e-commerce), Lesotho and SADC users are uncertain of how to securely sign e-communications practicably. This results in users' lack of confidence in the use of e-commerce. SADC and Lesotho regulatory bodies have developed legal instruments including model laws and bills in …
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Impact of transaction costs on intra Southern African migrants remittances
… their households. Using data gathered across the SADC countries remittances corridors, this research explored the factors that account for the high costs of officially transferring remittances from South Africa to the SADC region. The average costs were regressed across all types of regulated …
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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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Emerging trends in labour legislation and policy in the SADC region : the experiences of Botswana and Swaziland in the context of the ILO convention on freedom of association and protection of the right to organise (C.87)
… of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) brought with it a · euphoric expectation of instantaneous transformation of the sub-region into a vibrant, viable economic haven for its inhabitants. Time and reality have since reduced this euphoria to disillusionment. This state of affairs …
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An analysis of financial development and economic growth nexus evidence from the South African Development Community
… non-linear relationship that could exist for the SADC region. The study analysed the impact of financial development on economic growth using annual panel dataset for 16 SADC countries from the period 1995 to 2019. The study used three proxies for financial development, namely, broad money, …
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Culture and corporate governance in South Africa.
… in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region. The findings from regression results indicate that compliance with the King Code increased substantially between 2002 and 2008. The results also indicate that compliance is high for accounting and auditing and boards and directors …
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