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Is foreign aid panacea for African problems? The case of NamibiaIs foreign aid panacea for African problems? The case of Namibia
(University of PrimorskaUniversity of Primorska, 2013)
Namibia has experienced impressive growth since 21 years of independence.
Current gdp growth rates, estimated at 4–5%, are fuelled mainly
by the increasing competitiveness of the mining sector. Mining sector
accounts ...
Smallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa: Emerging practices, emerging challenges
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
A key emerging strand in the development of smallholder agriculture in South Africa is the effort to integrate small-holders into corporate food retail value chains. In this, the private sector and government have a common ...
Unlocking the secrets of fundamental indexes: size effect or value effect? Evidence from emerging stock markets
(Business Perspectives, 2013)
Despite the abundant successful evidence of fundamental indexation in recent international literature, it is argued that
the performance of fundamental indexes is primarily attributed to their inherent value bias or ...
Small-scale fisheries governance and understanding the snoek (Thyrsites atun) supply chain in the Ocean View fishing community, Western Cape, South Africa
(Resilience Alliance, 2013)
Postapartheid fisheries reform in South Africa, through the Marine Living Resources Act (MLRA) 18 of 1998, used individual transferable quotas (ITQs) to broaden resource access through allocating quotas to new entrants, ...
Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill 2013
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This document represents a response from researchers at the Institute for Poverty, Land and
Agrarian Studies to the Restitution of Land Rights Amendment Bill as published on 19 October
2013. It is a statement by the ...
Many land reform projects improve beneficiary livelihoods
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2013)
Many land reform projects have improved the incomes and livelihoods of those who received land – despite inadequate government support for planning and production, and in the face of severe resource constraints.
The Relationship between Inflation and Stock prices in Zambia
(Asian online journals, 2013)
This study examines a relationship between inflation and stock prices for Zambia, over the period
1999–2011, using monthly all share stock prices and inflation rates. The study employed Augmented-Dickey-Fuller
and ...
Testing for the Fisher hypothesis in Namibia
(Journal of Emerging Issues in Economics, Finance and Banking, 2013-07)
This paper analyses the relationship between interest rate and inflation in Namibia. The objective
is to test whether the Fisher hypothesis holds in the long run. Using monthly data for the period
1992:01 – 2011:12, the ...
A Review of Value Added in Nigeria's Pre and Post-SAP Agricultural Sector: Background and Issues
(International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2013)
In spite of the growing importance of oil, Nigeria has remained essentially an agrarian economy, with agriculture still significantly contributing to its Gross Domestic Product. However, the potentials of the agricultural ...
Nuclear Politics of Denial: South Africa and the Additional Protocol
(Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2013)
South Africa was one of the first states to conclude an Additional Protocol with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2002, allowing the IAEA greater right of access to safeguard nuclear activities and material. ...