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Unveiling the Energy Saving Role of Banking Performance in Sub-Sahara Africa

Amuakwa-Mensah, F, Klege, R.A, Adom, P.K., Hagan, E, Amoah, A
Using a two-step system generalized method of moment (GMM) technique and a panel data for 43 sub-Sahara African countries from 1998 to 2012, this article examines the drivers of energy intensity. Specifically, the article tests two hypotheses: (1) improved banking performance does not foster energy...
May 2018
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To what extent does socio-economic status still affect household access to water and sanitation services in South Africa?

Dr Bruce Rhodes and Ms Tamlyn McKenzie
It is publically acknowledged that South Africa has recently met is Millennium Development Goal of halving water and sanitation services (WSS) backlogs. However, significant deficits remain, especially in the case of sanitation. These shortfalls are unevenly distributed across provinces and can be...
Mar 2018
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Black living standards in South Africa before democracy: New evidence from heights

Bokang Mpeta, Johan Fourie and Kris Inwood
Very little income or wage data was systematically recorded on the living standards of South Africa’s black majority during much of the twentieth century. Between 1911 and 1996, for example, only fragmentary evidence of black living standards remain in mining reports and manufacturing censuses,...
Feb 2017
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Exploring the nexus of electricity supply and economic growth in South Africa

Hlalefang Khobai, Gift Mugano and Pierre Le Roux
This paper investigates the causal relationship between electricity supply and economic growth in South Africa using annual data covering the period between 1985 and 2014. This paper used a multivariate framework which included trade openness, electricity price, capital and employment as...
Jan 2017
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Nonlinearities in Financial Development–Economic Growth Nexus: Evidence from sub–Saharan Africa (SSA)

Muazu Ibrahim and Paul Alagidede
The impact of financial development on economic growth has received much attention in recent literature. However, there are potential discontinuities mediating finance–growth nexus that existing empirical studies have not rigorously examined. This study investigates whether the impact of finance on...
Jan 2018
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An institutional comparison of private shareholding in the central banks of South Africa and Turkey

Jannie Rossouw
This paper considers institutional aspects of private shareholding in the central banks of South Africa and Turkey. It is shown that only a small number of central banks other than the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) in South Africa and Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi (TCMB) in Turkey have any form of...
Jan 2018
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Perturbed Utility and General Equilibrium Analysis

Wei Ma
We study general equilibrium theory of complete markets in an otherwise standard economy with each household having an additive perturbed utility function. Since this function rep resents a type of stochastic choice theory, the equilibrium of the corresponding economy is defined to be a price...
Nov 2017
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The impact of Multinational Enterprises on Public Governance Institutions in Areas of Limited Statehood

Dirk Hanekom and John M. Luiz
We explore the interaction between Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) and public governance institutions in regions of limited statehood by focusing on three areas of inquiry: firstly, the impact of MNEs in these environments; secondly, the mechanisms and levels through which MNEs engage with...
Aug 2017
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Obesity Based Labour Market Discrimination in South Africa: A Dynamic Panel Analysis

Junita Henry and Umakrishnan Kollamparambil
There is increasing concern regarding obesity related healthcare costs in South Africa. Obesity is also seen to have far reaching effects that seep into labour market outcomes (Barnett & Kumar, 2009). Using NIDS panel data, this study aims to examine the relationship between Body Mass Index and...
Aug 2017
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The Nexus between Infrastructure (Quantity and Quality) and Economic Growth

Chengete Chakamera and Paul Alagidede
This paper examines the growth effects of infrastructure stock and quality in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). While previous studies established that the poor state of infrastructure in SSA slows economic growth, there is little evidence on infrastructure quality and a robust analysis on the causal links...
Jul 2017
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