Masters Degrees (Economics and Finance)
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The structure and growth of the service sector in South Africa (1945-1990)
(1993)Abstract available in PDF. -
A quantitative analysis of the effect of the Group Areas Act on residential property prices in Pietermaritzburg.
(1993)Abstract available in PDF. -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Agricultural cooperatives as strategy for rural development in Rwanda: a case study of COVEPAR.
(2005)When agricultural cooperatives are very well organized and implemented with sufficient means and committed people, then they can help to achieve rural development. COVEPAR- Cooperative for Valorization and Exportation of ... -
The 'Land Debate' : is land reform the solution? An analysis of Brazil and South Africa.
(2016)This dissertation serves to assess the economic and social effects of land reform policies in Brazil and South Africa. The paper presents a brief historical review of land issues, related land laws and regulations within ... -
The finance-growth Nexus : lessons from South Africa.
(2016)Recent studies (Allen and Ndikumana, 2000; Odhiambo. 2004; Gondo, 2009; and Sunde, 2011) on the relationship between finance and economic growth in the South African context have produced mixed findings. Given that there ... -
The effects of fiscal policy on the current account and real exchange rate in South Africa.
(2015)This dissertation empirically studies the effects of expansionary fiscal policy on the current account and the real exchange rate in the South African economy. Recursive vector auto-regressive models based on the Choleski ... -
Style investing effects on the persistence and performance of South African unit trusts.
(2016)Style investing is considered the holy grail of investment finance and portfolio management, as it avails numerous options to the portfolio manager to simply and persistently beat the market. This research investigates the ... -
Style investing and information conveyed by past returns in South Africa : an empirical analysis.
(2015)The aim of this study was to establish the long-run relationship between six selected South African indices (i.e., large cap, small cap, resources, value, growth and industrials). Long-run relationships were analyzed in ... -
A macro-econometric analysis of economic growth and unemployment in post-apartheid South Africa.
(2015)This study seeks to determine whether Okun’s Law is valid for the South African economy, using time series data for the period 1994 to 2014. The data used is split into two periods, 1994q1 to 2003q4 and 2004q1 to 2014q4. ... -
The determinants of access to health care services : empirical evidence from African countries.
(2015)It has been acknowledged that access to health care is instrumental in improving health status; and better health status has been considered crucial to socio-economic development. However, there is insufficient evidence ... -
The economic impact of trade openness on foreign direct investment into emerging market countries.
(2014)This paper addresses a central research question that will enable us to understand the economic impact trade openness has on FDI. Does a government’s effort to liberalise trade, lead to an increase of FDI into the host ... -
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 ... -
The effectiveness of government spending on higher education.
(2015)Governments worldwide spend substantial shares of their budgets on education. This category of expenditure is expected to produce direct benefits for the individuals receiving schooling, as well as indirect benefits to ...
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