Q54 | Economic Research Southern Africa

JEL code: Q54

Climate; Natural Disasters; Global Warming

Climate change and child health: A Nigerian perspective

The detrimental effect of climate change on health is becoming an e...

Matthew W. Clance, Eleni Yitbarek, Eduard van der Merwe

Working Paper

Revisiting the accuracy of inflation forecasts in Nigeria: The oil price-exchange rate-...

Motivated by the distinctive paradoxical nature of the Nigerian eco...

Yusuf Yakubua, Ojo Adelakun, Kazeem Isah, Elias Udeaja, Abdulkader C. Mahomedy

Working Paper

Does the uptake of multiple climate smart agriculture practices enhance household savin...

Climate change and variability poses a significant hindrance on agr...

Herbert Ntuli, Gibson Mudiriza, Edwin Muchapondwa, Boscow Okumu, Alfred K. Mukong

Working Paper

Building a competitive and dynamic green industrial sector in South Africa after COVID-19

Policy Paper 28 COVID-19 gave the world a glimpse of how devastatin...

Tendai Gwatidzo, Witness Simbanegavi

Policy Paper

Fiscal risks and their impact on banks’ capital buffers in South Africa

South Africa’s fiscal balances have deteriorated significantly over...

Bojosi Morule, Neryvia Pillay Bell, Konstantin Makrelov

Working Paper

Transhumant pastoralism, climate change and conflict in Africa

We consider the effects of climate change on seasonally migrant pop...

Eoin F. McGuirk, Nathan Nunn

Working Paper

The transmission of monetary policy via the banks' balance sheet - does bank size matter?

We study the credit channel of monetary policy in South Africa betw...

Tumisang Loate, Nicola Viegi

Working Paper

The effects of technology intensity in manufacturing on CO2 emissions: Evidence from de...

Industrialisation is recognised as important for developing countri...

Fiona Tregenna, Elvis K. Avenyo

Working Paper

Does household net financial wealth explain the asymmetric reaction of household consum...

Ndou et al (2019) showed that, in absolute terms, the decline in ho...

Eliphas Ndou

Working Paper

Prenatal health and weather-related shocks under social safety net policy in Kenya

Exposure to weather shocks around the time of birth has been shown ...

Djiby R. Thiam, Silas Ongudi

Working Paper

Policy Bulletin 03: Macroeconomic policy options for a savings constrained economy: the...

Economic growth requires delivering a credible fiscal consolidation...

David Faulkner, Christopher Loewald, Konstantin Makrelov

Policy Bulletin

Farm diversification and climate change: implications for food security in Northern Nam...

Limited non-farm opportunities in the rural areas of the developing...

Martine Visser, Chalmers Mulwa

Policy Brief

South African attitudes about nuclear power: The case of the nuclear energy expansion p...

Excessive use of fossil fuels is widely acknowledged as one of the ...

Nomsa P. Nkosi, Johane Dikgang

Policy Brief

Pricing electricty blackout among South African households

South African households, like households in many other developing ...

Nomsa P. Nkosi, Johane Dikgang

Working Paper

South African attitudes about nuclear power: The case of the nuclear energy expansion

The objective of our study is to investigate households’ attitudes ...

Nomsa P. Nkosi, Johane Dikgang

Working Paper

Decomposing the South African CO₂ emissions within a BRICS countries context: The energ...

The main purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis of the reb...

Roula Inglesi-Lotz

Policy Brief

Counting the cost of drought induced productivity losses in an agro-based economy: The ...

Climate variability can affect economies directly through its impac...

Elizabeth L. Roos, Nicholas Kilimani, Jan H. van Heerden, Heinrich R. Bohlmann

Working Paper

Climate change and Agriculture: What is the Role of Wildlife in adaptation in South Afr...

Climate change poses a serious problem to agriculture sector especi...

Jackson Otieno, Edwin Muchapondwa

Policy Brief

Agriculture and adaptation to climate change: The role of wildlife ranching in South Af...

In this paper, we explored the role of wildlife in adaptation to cl...

Jackson Otieno, Edwin Muchapondwa

Working Paper

Climate, Technological Change and Economic Growth

This paper investigates the incentive for developing adaptation tec...

Paul Alagidede, George Adu

Policy Brief

An Economic Analysis of Climate Change and Wildlife Utilization on Private Land: Eviden...

Wildlife ranching is emerging as a new frontier for wildlife conser...

Edwin Muchapondwa, Jackson Otieno

Working Paper

Gender Differences in Climate Change Risk, Food Security and Adaptation: A Study of Rur...

Climate and weather variability in sub-Saharan Africa disproportion...

M. Collinson, Wayne Twine, Martine Visser, L. Hunter, Byela Tibesigwa

Working Paper

Small-scale Subsistence Farming, Food Security, Climate Change and Adaptation in South ...

This study examines the role of gender of the head of household on ...

Martine Visser, Byela Tibesigwa

Working Paper

Climate change and economic growth in sub-Sahara Africa: A nonparametric evidence

Climate change has been classed as the greatest and urgent global i...

George Adu, Paul Alagidede

Working Paper

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology Use in South Africa: A ...

The South African government currently faces the dual problems of c...

Eugene E. Van Dyk, Justin Beukes, Mario du Preez

Working Paper

Assessing the Economic Value of El Niñobased seasonal climate forecasts for smallholder...

Drought constitutes the most dominant source of food insecurity in ...

Ephias M. Makaudze

Working Paper

Adaptation to climate change by smallholder farmers in Tanzania

In Sub-Saharan Africa, climate change is set to hit the agricultura...

Edwin Muchapondwa, Coretha Komba

Working Paper

Effects of climatic conditions and agro-ecological settings on the productive efficienc...

This study argues that the adaptation measures farmers take to redu...

Temesgen T. Deressa

Working Paper

Climate Change and Southern Africa

Wits Business School, ERSA and The National Treasury cordially invi...

Wits Business School, National Treasury, ERSA

Workshop

Transhumant Pastoralism, Climate Change and Conflict in Africa

We consider the effects of climate change on seasonally migrant pop...

Nathan Nunn, Eoin F. McGuirk

Working Paper