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Showing 1 to 20 of 119 for “"South African economy"”.
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DSGE Models for the South African Economy
… a new exercise in developing countries including South Africa. We use stochastic models to reproduce stylized facts of business cycles in South Africa. The basic neoclassical model and a model with indivisible labour are used to replicate the documented facts from the data. A model with variable …
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DSGE models for the South African economy
… a new exercise in developing countries including South Africa. We use stochastic models to reproduce stylized facts of business cycles in South Africa. The basic neoclassical model and a model with indivisible labour are used to replicate the documented facts from the data. A model with variable …
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Telkom and the South African economy : achieving the optimal relationship
South Africa needs a modern, sophisticated telecommunications network to ensure economic development and political stability. The same network must also provide affordable and reliable service to a great percentage of the population. The telecommunications industry is currently monopolised by …
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Economic impact of cardiovascular disease on the South African economy, 1991
… the White, Asian and Coloured population in South Africa, and ranks third for Blacks. South Africa is currently experiencing a rapid rate of urbanisation and redistribution of income (and wealth). The rural-urban-transition is accompanied by the adoption of western lifestyles. Consequently, …
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The impact of foreign aid on the South African economy (1980-2008
… growth. The country selected for this study, South Africa, poses an interesting case study given the fact that while the country is not aid- dependent, it still receives a significant amount of official development assistance (ODA). In spite of the above fact and the perceived benefits of …
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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
… 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 infrastructure, output and institutional quality: protection …
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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
… the personnel 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 …
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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
… question of foreign direct investment (FDI) into South Africa. It examines constraints on investment, entry strategies by foreign films, firm 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
South Africa's developing cities are experiencing rapid urbanisation, particularly in the major metropolises. Infrastructural development 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 …
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An analysis of monetary policy and its effect on inflation and economic growth in South Africa
Emerging market economies, such as South Africa, frequently struggle to maintain a stable and economically viable inflation rate due to economic factors of a cost-push and structural nature. These factors not only influence inflation within the economy, but also the efficacy of monetary policy in …
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The effectiveness of the appraisal right as a form of shareholder protection
… flexibility 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 …
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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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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
… poverty 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 …
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