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Building human security in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
(2010)Armed conflict in Ituri since 1996 to the present day has resulted in the widespread and severe violation of human rights that include massive killings, rape, torture, mutilation and property destruction that has infringed ... -
Building more peaceful gender relationships in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
(2012)The objective of this study is to understand the attitudes and behaviour of young South Kivu men towards women in order to encourage the development of more peaceful attitudes and behaviour. This study provides insights ... -
"Can the national budget influence investment and growth? : - a Ricardian perspective"
(2006)Since Ricardo's nineteenth-century suggestion that the mean's of financing government spending is irrelevant, theoretical debate concerning the burden of government debt has been vigorous -
Capital budgeting techniques : principle versus practice in South Africa.
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Capital flow volatility, financial deepening and capital market performance in low-income countries.
(2018)This study sheds light on the sources and impact of foreign capital flow volatility and its directional linkages with financial deepening and capital market performance in low-income Southern African Development Community ... -
The causes of wars debate in Africa, and its implications for African military expenditures.
(2007)The dissertation reviewed "the causes of war debate in Africa, and its implications for African military expenditures" by levelling the argument of greed hypothesis as inconsistent with the pragmatic ground situation in ... -
Changes in household composition since the end of apartheid : an analysis of household composition and well-being.
(2008)Changes in household composition in South Africa are examined for the period 1995 – 2006 using nationally representative household surveys. Trends show a significant fall in nuclear type households (households that contain ... -
The changing nature of female labour supply and its effect on the South African labour market.
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A comparison of the economic status of mothers by marital status : an analysis of South African survey data.
(2009)In the post-apartheid period, little research has focused on the economic welfare of South African mothers. In particular there are few studies that compare the economic status of mothers by marital status. Many children ... -
Competing priorities, conflicting outcomes : international peace interventions and conflict transformation in Somalia.
(2011)Most studies on the role of international actors in peace processes tend to focus on mediation and applications of incentives and sanctions. This study deviates from these general trends and focuses on how the interests ... -
Consumption and house prices in South Africa.
(2010)Many countries such as Australia, Ireland, Netherlands, United Kingdom (UK), Spain, United States of America (USA) and South Africa (SA) among others have experienced an increase in housing prices, since the late 1990s. ... -
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, ... -
Cost-effectiveness analysis of an HIV-adapted training and continuous quality improvement supervisory intervention for community caregivers.
(2015)Background It is argued that supportive supervision increases the performance of community health workers and this is evidenced by an increased uptake of interventions in health facilities located in the CHWs catchment ... -
A cost-effectiveness analysis of the clinical curative measure as an alternative to tuberculosis management in the Pietermaritzburg-Msunduzi council area.
(1999)This research examines the treatment of Tuberculosis in South Africa, focussing particularly on the Pietermaritzburg-Msunduzi Council Area in the Natal province. Two alternative measures of TB control are examined, the ... -
Cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions in South Africa.
(2014)Despite some evidence that the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions depends on the context of their implementation, there is a paucity of evidence on the cost-effectiveness (CE) of these interventions in South Africa. ... -
Costs and benefits of eradicating alien invasive vegetation from the upper reaches of the Mhlatuze catchment.
(2001)Alien invasive vegetation threatens the functioning of natural ecosystems as well as their services, which sustain human welfare, both directly and indirectly. The proliferation of this vegetation in South Africa has been ... -
A critical analysis of the contributions of James Tobin to economics and its relevance to the South African economy.
(2009)This study reviews three of Tobin’s major contributions to economics, namely; Tobin’s q , liquidity preference as a behavior towards risk, and Tobin’s global transaction tax on foreign exchange transactions to identify any ... -
A critical analysis of the international terms of shipment in dry-bulk exports from the Port of Richards Bay.
(2003)Approximately 98 % of South African exports are conveyed by sea. The volume of South Africa's sea trade represents approximately 3,5 percent of world seaborne trade in tonnage terms, a performance that placed the ...