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Publication Type: Policy Brief

Monetary policy and inequality

South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world and ...

Published: 30 July 2020

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Can unconditional cash transfers improve adolescent and young adult education outcomes?

The South African child support grant leads to increased enrolment ...

Published: 23 July 2020

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Assessing inflation targeting and its communication

It is less onerous to achieve policy objectives when they are clear...

Published: 18 November 2019

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Relating public and private remuneration

The study explores remuneration patterns in South Africa between 20...

Published: 15 November 2019

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The effects of presentation formats in choice experiments

In most choice experiment studies in environmental economics, the a...

Published: 12 November 2019

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Capital Account Liberalization and Capital Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa: A Panel Thresho...

Capital inflows to Sub-Saharan Africa have been increasing over the...

Published: 28 October 2019

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The effects of presentation formats in choice experiments

Although stated-preference surveys take various forms, the use of e...

Published: 24 October 2019

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Spatial dependence of per capita property tax income in South Africa

South African municipalities rely on income from property tax and o...

Published: 22 October 2019

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

Background Risk is inherent in small-scale rain-fed agricultural pr...

Published: 15 October 2019

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Capital Account Liberalization and Capital Flows to Sub-Saharan Africa: A Panel Thresho...

Capital inflows to Sub-Saharan Africa have been increasing over the...

Published: 11 October 2019

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The relationship between renewable energy and retail electricity prices: Panel evidence...

The centrality of electricity to everyday life is indisputable, and...

Published: 8 October 2019

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

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

Published: 2 October 2019

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The effect of price and non-price policies on cigarette consumption in South Africa

The health consequences of smoking are quite enormous and have been...

Published: 1 October 2019

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The relationship between renewable energy and retail electricity prices: Panel evidence...

The centrality of electricity to everyday life is indisputable, and...

Published: 27 September 2019

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Skills, employment, strong local institutions and good relationships between people and...

Subsistence poaching can severely threaten biodiversity and communi...

Published: 25 September 2019

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Adapting Herzberg: Predicting attendees’ satisfaction and intention to re-visit a local...

Globally, the tourism sector has been identified as crucial to atta...

Published: 17 September 2019

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Substitution between fixed and mobile data amidst high levels of poverty and inequality

Mobile broadband is the main means of connecting to the internet in...

Published: 3 September 2019

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Benefits of regulation vs. competition where inequality is high: The case of mobile tel...

South Africa is the most unequal country in the world, with a Gini ...

Published: 6 August 2019

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Monetary policy in a model with commodity and financial market research brief

Uncovering the key drivers of business cycles of commodity exportin...

Published: 2 July 2019

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Can paid maternity leave improve childhood health?

Evidence from California shows that paid maternity leave leads to i...

Published: 11 June 2019

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Efficiency in South African water utilities: a comparison of estimates from DEA, SFA an...

Climate change has brought renewed and increasing attention to the ...

Published: 28 May 2019

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Who benefits from being self-employed in urban Ghana?

The income gap between the self-employed and wage earners is of int...

Published: 21 May 2019

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Fiscal Policy and Adjustment in a Foreign Exchange Constrained Economy: Evidence from M...

Most of the recent literature analysing the adjustments of macroeco...

Published: 14 May 2019

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

Across the world, efforts by countries to gain international compet...

Published: 7 May 2019

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Access to micro and informal loans: evaluating the impact on the quality of life of poo...

Since the early 1980s, many governments have investigated the possi...

Published: 30 April 2019

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Quality of life: validation of an instrument and analysis of relationships between dime...

Background The conventional approach to measuring quality of life w...

Published: 23 April 2019

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Sanctioned Quotas vs Information Provisioning for Community Wildlife Conservation in Zi...

Local communities in Africa benefit from protected areas through a ...

Published: 16 April 2019

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Efficiency in South African water utilities: a comparison of estimates from DEA, SFA an...

Climate change has brought renewed and increasing attention to the ...

Published: 11 April 2019

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Order flow and rand/dollar exchange rate dynamic

This study investigates the impact of order flow on the rand/dollar...

Published: 9 April 2019

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Fiscal policy and adjustment in a foreign exchange constrained economy: Evidence from M...

Most of the recent literature analysing the adjustments of macroeco...

Published: 5 April 2019

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Skill Shortages as a Barrier to Women’s Start Ups: A Model with Evidence from Eswatini

This paper examines gender gaps in entrepreneurship in developing a...

Published: 2 April 2019

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The household effects of very large electricity tariff hikes in Zambia

Under-pricing of electricity is prevalent in nearly 70 percent of a...

Published: 26 March 2019

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Factors influencing people’s perceptions towards conservation of transboundary wildlife...

The perceptions of indigenous people towards protected areas greatl...

Published: 19 March 2019

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Can local communities afford full control over wildlife conservation? The Case of CAMPF...

Zimbabwe’s community-based conservation model, which brings togethe...

Published: 12 March 2019

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Motivating teachers in rural Zambia using a monetary incentive

Like many developing countries, the achievement gap between rural a...

Published: 5 March 2019

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Emigration and education: the schooling of the left behind in Nigeria

Despite recent political backlash in Europe and the United States, ...

Published: 12 February 2019

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