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Human capital and the timing of the first birth

This paper constructs and partially characterizes the solution of a...

Jesse Naidoo

Working Paper

Understanding South Africa’s trade policy and performance

Policy Paper 26 South Africa’s exports have lagged behind the rest ...

Matthew Stern, Yash Ramkolowan

Policy Paper

Policy Bulletin 02: Reflections on Aspects of Public Finance and Fiscal Policy in South...

After the COVID-19 crisis is over, South Africa will face a fiscal ...

Estian Calitz

Policy Bulletin

The J–Curve Phenomenon: Evidence from Commodity Trade Between South Africa and the Unit...

Previous studies on the J–curve phenomenon for South Africa have be...

Hammed Amusa, David Fadiran

Working Paper

Spatial Externality, Openness and Financial Development in SADC: Beyond the Multilatera...

Economic variables tend to exhibit variation not only over time, bu...

Pierre Le Roux, Alex Bara, Gift Mugano

Policy Brief

Foreign aid and foreign direct investment in Sub-Sahara Africa: A panel data analysis

This study examines the relationship between foreign aid and foreig...

Nara Monkam, Kafayat Amusa, Nicola Viegi

Policy Brief

The Impact of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Agreement on the South African ...

This paper analyses the effects of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite F...

Heinrich R. Bohlmann, Matthew W. Clance, Leoné Walters

Working Paper

The political and economic dynamics of foreign aid: A case study of United States and C...

The study revisits the issue of the determinants of (development) a...

Nara Monkam, Kafayat Amusa, Nicola Viegi

Policy Brief

Bilateral Investment Treaties: An unfair proposition for Developing countries

After the explosive expansion of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT...

Umakrishnan Kollamparambil

Policy Brief

Foreign aid and Foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A panel data analysis

Funding constraints experienced by Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countr...

Nicola Viegi, Nara Monkam, Kafayat Amusa

Working Paper

The Political and Economic Dynamics of Foreign Aid in Africa: A case study of United St...

The foreign aid arena as it pertains to the African continent has t...

Nara Monkam, Kafayat Amusa, Nicola Viegi

Working Paper

Globalisation and Conflicts: A Theoretical Approach

This paper is aimed at providing insights into the interplay betwee...

Matthew W. Clance, André C. Jordaan, Bonginkosi Mamba

Working Paper

Debt sustainability and financial crises in South Africa

This study assesses debt sustainability in South Africa allowing fo...

Ruthira Naraidoo, Leroi Raputsoane

Working Paper

Anatomy of the Southern African Customs Union: Structure and Revenue Volatility

This paper studies the evolution of the Southern African Customs Un...

Harold P. E. Ngawala

Working Paper

Southern African Customs Union Revenue, Public Expenditures and HIV/AIDS in BLNS Countries

This study sets out to investigate how revenue from the Southern Af...

Harold P. E. Ngawala

Working Paper

Monetary Policy Response to Foreign Aid in an Estimated DSGE Model of Malawi

This paper estimates a Bayesian Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibr...

Manoel Bittencourt, Chance Mwabutwa, Nicola Viegi

Working Paper

Debt Relief under the HIPC Initiative: Why Some Countries Complete the Programme Faster...

The Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative has been one o...

William Akoto

Working Paper

Institutional Quality and Debt Relief: A Political Economy Approach

Recent shifts in the global debt relief architecture has meant that...

William Akoto

Working Paper

Is Africa Integrating? Evidence from Product Markets

Integration into the global trading environment is viewed as a key ...

Neil Rankin, Lawrence Edwards

Working Paper