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Analysis of sexual and reproductive healthcare utilisation among young people in Zimbabwe.
(2020)Despite the development and implementation of an adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) strategic plan in 2010, Zimbabwe has the third-highest HIV prevalence amongst sexually active teenagers in ... -
Oil price shocks, exchange rates and output performance in Africa's oil exporting countries.
(2021)This thesis examines oil price shocks, exchange rates and output performance in a sample of Africa’s Oil-Exporting Countries (AOECs) (Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, Libya, and Nigeria). Using quarterly data from 1980 to 2018, it ... -
Do competition regimes matter in international trade? A case study of the Tripartite Free Trade Area.
(2021)This thesis assesses the importance of competition policy and competition reforms in enhancing regional and continental integration processes. While using the envisaged Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) as a case study, ... -
Financial stability and monetary policy in South Africa.
(2020)This thesis is presented in three distinct but related essays. The first essay (Chapter four) explores how financial stress interacts with monetary policy. Financial stress was measured using a time-varying financial ... -
Gendered trends in labour force participation and education in South Africa.
(2021)In many countries, including South Africa, the average educational attainment of women has surpassed that of men. Economic theory and previous literature suggest that increases in education should result in increased ... -
The structure and growth of the service sector in South Africa (1945-1990)
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A quantitative analysis of the effect of the Group Areas Act on residential property prices in Pietermaritzburg.
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Impacts of military expenditure and institutional quality on inclusive growth in BRICS countries.
(2019)This study investigated the relationship between military expenditure, institutional quality and inclusive growth in BRICS countries from 1970 to 2017. The increase in military expenditure by BRICS and the worsening ... -
Socio-economic, environmental and institutional sustainability and economic growth within BRICS: what are the best policy options?
(2020)Due to diverse socio-economic, environmental, institutional characteristics and different levels of industrial development, a major problem in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries is how bloc ... -
Analysis of the impact of foreign aid on economic growth in COMESA.
(2020)The Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) was officially established in 1994. Its primary objective was to help its member states attain sustainable economic growth and development through regional integration ... -
The contribution of seaborne commerce to the South African economy.
(2020)The dissertation seeks to address the contribution of seaborne commerce in the South African economy. Basically the research is trying to look at the development of the carriage of goods by sea to and from South Africa, ... -
Drivers of mergers and acquisitions and firm value growth in emerging markets.
(2019)This study investigates drivers of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and firm value growth in emerging markets. It was targeted at acquirer firms from emerging markets since there is a continuous surge in acquisition ... -
Adaptive market hypothesis and calendar anomalies in selected African stock markets.
(2019)It takes a theory to beat a theory. However, whether the adaptive market hypothesis (AMH) offers better explanations for stock return behaviour than the popular efficient market hypothesis (EMH) still remains a question ... -
Business cycles, fiscal policy and monetary integration in Southern African Development Community.
(2018)This thesis investigated the selected macro-monetary topics in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The thesis is presented in three distinct but related essays. The rst essay (Chapter 2) examines the ... -
Government budget deficits in South Africa.
(1997)The Government of National Unity, on coming into power in April 1994, indicated its intention to transform the economy through a growth-oriented reconstruction and development programme (RDP). The sustainability of the ... -
An assessment of the implementation of the performance management strategy used by South African breweries in east coast region.
(2018)Performance management is aimed at constant development of employees, wherein their input to the organization is acknowledged, and their future potential and developmental needs are identified. In other words, performance ... -
An econometric analysis of the equity returns-inflation relationship in South Africa.
(2019)Previous empirical evidence regarding the nature and magnitude of the relationship between equity returns and inflation has proven to be conflicting and inconsistent. Although several papers have considered this issue, ...
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