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Affirmative action in education and Black Economic Empowerment in the workplace in South Africa since 1994: policies, strengths and limitations
(BCES Conference Books, 2017)This paper explains the concepts of Affirmative Action (AA) and Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) and the policies developed in post-Apartheid South Africa. It compares it to similar policies adopted in different contexts ... -
The Geopolitical Environment in Namibia: Business Challenges and Opportunities
(Kamla-Raj Enterprises, 2013)Geopolitics and business development is a buzz word. There is a serious link between population growth and the environment. This is basically found somewhere between the view that population growth is solely responsible ... -
Revisiting unemployment levels and trends in South Africa since the transition
(Routledge Taylor Francis Group, 2013)Many recent studies compared the 1995 October Household Survey (OHS) with the latest available Labour Force Survey (LFS) to derive the unemployment ‘trends’ in South Africa since the transition, but this approach only ... -
The relationship between planning strategies and entrepreneurial success for start-up entrepreneurs in the Western Cape
(Sage Publications, 2013)The total entrepreneurial activity rate in South Africa was 9.1% in 2011, compared with 8.9% in 2010, which is below the average for similar economies. This study examines the moderating impact of environmental difficulty ... -
Can personal initiative training improve small business success? A longitudinal South African evaluation study
(Sage Publications, 2013)High levels of personal initiative will be required to unlock the potential offered by the many untapped resources in Africa in terms of business opportunities. Significant resources are ploughed into the development of ... -
Understanding the needs and challenges of a Black community in South Africa
(Routledge, 2017)This article reports on a study conducted with an unemployed group of community members residing in the Gugulethu Township in South Africa. The study aimed to gain an in-depth understanding of their needs and challenges, ... -
Is 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 ... -
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 ... -
Youth unemployment in South Africa revisited
(Taylor Francis, 2013)One of the most pressing socio-economic problems of the South African economy is high youth unemployment. Recent studies only briefly examined how the youths fared since the transition by comparing the 1995 October Household ... -
The targeting of zero-rated basic foodstuffs under value-added tax (VAT) in South Africa
(Bureau for Economic Research (BER), 2013)Since the inception of VAT in South Africa, various studies have been conducted to investigate the distributional impact of the tax as well as the effectiveness of zero-rating as tool to alleviate the burden on poor ... -
Inflows of capital, exchange rates and balance of payments: the post-liberalisation experience of India
(Indian Institute of Economics, 2013)A review of the analytical literature shows that macroeconomic consequences of financial liberalization are the results of the combined effect of monetary, fiscal as well as trade and exchange rate policies followed by the ... -
An empirical analysis of energy consumption and economic growth in India: are they causally related?
(Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj Napoca, 2013)In this paper an attempt is made to present the energy scenario of India in terms of energy consumption, energy security and energy efficiency. Growth trends and the changes in growth trends of these variables have been ... -
Challenges for quality primary education in Papua New Guinea — a case study
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2011)There is an urgent need to reform the educational system to achieve universal primary education in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Even after 35 years of independence, PNG has been struggling to educate an estimated 2 million ... -
Impact of WTO policies on developing countries: issues and perspectives
(Ottawa United Learning Academy & Denfar Transnational DevelopmentOttawa United Learning Academy & Denfar Transnational Development, 2012)About two thirds of the WTO’s around 150 members are developing countries. They play an increasingly important and active role in the WTO because of their numbers, because they are becoming more important in the global ...
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