Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) is a research programme which is being funded by the National Treasury of South Africa.
Historically, inequalities in South Africa were the product of legalized discrimination enforced as part of apartheid. Hence, racial inequality remains the most politically salient aspect of income inequality in South Africa.
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 exter
Participation of local communities in management and utilization of forest resources through collective action has become widely accepted as a possible solution to failure of centralized top down approaches to forest conservation.
Community based micro hydro grids in developing countries have characteristics like those of man-made common pool resources like irrigation commons.
Most of the widely used indicators of institutions have been criticised for t
Faculty of Commerce Awards for Excellence was held on Friday 5 May 2017 at the New Lecture Theatre on UCTs Upper Campus. Professor Lawrence Edwards from the School of Economics represented ERSA at the function. View the award gallery page here.
The railway played a large part in late nineteenth century and early twentieth century globalization since, to benefit from the international economy, peripheral countries needed cheap inland transport.
This paper examines the growth effects of infrastructure stock and quality in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA).
Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors may explain the income-related inequality in self-reported health.
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