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The Communal Land Rights Bill
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2003)
Tenure legislation is urgently necessary. There are serious problem in the communal
areas in the ex-homeland provinces. These areas are characterised by severe poverty,
overcrowding and isolation from economic growth and ...
Large-scale land acquisitions, displacement and resettlement in Zambia
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The increase in demand for land can be attributed in part to
rising incomes among middle-class Zambians, but also to the
Zambian government’s drive to boost economic growth and
reduce poverty by attracting foreign ...
Land grabbing from within: Learning from grazing disputes in Western Kavango, Namibia.
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2015)
In recent years Namibia has received a number of
proposals from multinational agricultural corporations
to develop large-scale irrigation projects, mainly in the
country’s water-rich, north-eastern regions (Odendaal
2011). ...
Energy consumption, carbon emission and economic growth in Nigeria: Implications for energy policy and climate protection in Nigeria
(2013)
The paper analyses causal effect of oil
production and carbon emission from gas flaring on the
growth rate in Nigeria between 1970 and 2011. The result
revealed that economic growth rate, change in crude oil
production ...
Land reform in South Africa: A status report 2008
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2008)
After 14 years of democracy in South Africa,
there is agreement across the political and social
spectrum that the state’s programme of land
reform is in severe difficulties. Almost since its
inception, the programme ...
The impact of land restitution and land reform on livelihoods
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This thematic paper investigates emerging trends evident
in the limited literature available on the impact of land
restitution on livelihoods, and suggests ways of thinking
about, and planning for, livelihoods.
The ...
R&D the biggest business casualty of Covid-19?
(2021-06)
While the overall economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is still unfolding, there are strong indications that it is causing the largest economic downturn since the 2008 financial crisis. In 2020, the South African ...
Causal implication of oil production on carbon emission and economic growth in Nigeria
(Opole University, 2016)
The paper investigated the causality among carbon emission, oil production and economic growth in
Nigeria’s time series data for the period 1970 to 2013. It estimated an autoregressive distributed lag model and used
granger ...
Crime and HIV/AIDS in the Western Cape: business support organizations and business owners' perceptions
(Academic Journals, 2007)
Economic growth will be severely curtailed if crime and HIV/AIDS is not effectively dealt with. Despite
the fact that the business support organizations and the SMME owners are dissatisfied with the crime
situation, the ...
Examining the causal relationship between private sector credit extended and economic growth in Namibia
(PKP, 2019)
The paper examined causality between Private Sector Credit Extension (PSCE) and Economic growth using quarterly data for the period 2000:Q1-2017:Q4, in Namibia. The variables employed were Gross Domestic Product (GDP), ...