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Monetary policy and inequality

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

Neryvia Pillay Bell

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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 ...

Neryvia Pillay Bell

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Assessing inflation targeting and its communication

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

Alberto Coco, Nicola Viegi

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Relating public and private remuneration

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

Sihle Nomdebevana, Andreas Wörgötter

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The effects of presentation formats in choice experiments

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

Johane Dikgang, Genius Murwirapachena

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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...

Tamara E. Mughogho, Imhotep P. Alagidede

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The effects of presentation formats in choice experiments

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

Johane Dikgang, Genius Murwirapachena

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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...

Kabeya C. Mulamba, Fiona Tregenna

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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...

Chalmers Mulwa, Martine Visser

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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...

Tamara E. Mughogho, Imhotep P. Alagidede

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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...

George A. Thopil, Anneri M. Oosthuizen, Roula Inglesi-Lotz

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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...

Martine Visser, Chalmers Mulwa

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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...

Ernest N. Tingum, Noreen Mdege, Alfred K. Mukong

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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...

George A. Thopil, Anneri M. Oosthuizen, Roula Inglesi-Lotz

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

Subsistence poaching can severely threaten biodiversity and communi...

Herbert Ntuli, Edwin Muchapondwa, Amanda Linell, Aksel Sundström, Sverker C. Jagers, Martin Sjöstedt

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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...

Tembi M. Tichaawa, Love O. Idahosa

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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...

Ryan Hawthrone, Lukasz Grzybowski

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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 ...

Ryan Hawthrone, Lukasz Grzybowski

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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...

Vo Phuong Mai Le, Ruthira Naraidoo

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Can paid maternity leave improve childhood health?

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

Neryvia Pillay Bell

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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 ...

Jugal Mahabir, Richard Mulwa, Johane Dikgang, Genius Murwirapachena

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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...

Adeola Oyenubi

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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...

Bertha C. Bangara, Amos C. Peters

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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...

Hammed Amusa, David Fadiran

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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...

Talita Dalton-Greyling

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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...

Talita Dalton-Greyling

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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 ...

Herbert Ntuli

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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 ...

Jugal Mahabir, Richard Mulwa, Johane Dikgang, Genius Murwirapachena

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Order flow and rand/dollar exchange rate dynamic

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

Alta Joubert, Alain Kabundi, Aadila Hoosain

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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...

Bertha C. Bangara, Amos C. Peters

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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...

Zuzana Brixiová, Thierry Kangoye

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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...

Akabondo Kabechani, Mashekwa Maboshe, Grieve Chelwa

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

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

Herbert Ntuli

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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...

Herbert Ntuli

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Motivating teachers in rural Zambia using a monetary incentive

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

Miquel Pellicer, Mashekwa Maboshe, Grieve Chelwa

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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, ...

Ermias G. Weldesenbet, Nonso Obikili, Biniam E. Bedasso

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