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Energy consumption and economic growth: evidence from African oil exporting countries.
(2022)This thesis examines the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in a sample of African oil-exporting countries (AOECs). The group comprises Algeria, Angola, Egypt, Gabon, Nigeria and the Republic of ... -
Determining factors affecting English literacy levels at Ntuthuko Primary School.
(2018)ABSTRACT Learners in South Africa are performing poorly in the area reading and writing English. The South African Department of Education conducted a systemic evaluation of language competence of intermediate phase ... -
Monetary policy shocks and industrial production in BRICS countries.
(2017)This study investigates monetary policy shocks and industrial production in BRICS countries. The study is presented in four separate but related essays. The first (chapter three) employs a Panel Structural Vector ... -
Monetary policy shocks and economic growth in economic community of west African states.
(2022)An effective economic management is contingent upon the knowledge of how shocks emanate from monetary policy and other sources that affect the economy. This study examines the monetary policy shocks and economic growth ... -
Monetary policy shocks and macroeconomic performance in regionally integrated common monetary area economies.
(2021)The CMA (Common Monetary Area), comprising of South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Namibia, has experienced a steady improvement towards economic restructuring. This is due to recent global developments and economic ... -
Political risk, export credit insurance and trade: a gravity model analysis of South Africa.
(2020)This study adds to the literature on political risk, export credit insurance, and trade. Specifically, the study aims to consider the effect political risk and export credit insurance may have on South African exports ... -
Fiscal policy and public debt implications on household consumption: a case of Kenya.
(2021)Fiscal policy can be applied with a stabilisation intention if government finance choices are capable of influencing household consumption behaviour. After the great depression of the 1930s, Keynes ascertained expansionary ... -
An analysis of bank competition and financial stability: evidence from the South African banking sector.
(2021)There is a crucial role that the banking in terms of play and serve as central to the economy. Thus, competition is vital to the banking industry. However, while competition is perceived to be vital to the banking industry, ... -
Childhood and adult disability: impacts on education and the labour market in South Africa.
(2022)Equal opportunities in education and the labour market are prioritised on the global agenda for people with disabilities. It is widely acknowledged that people with higher levels of education are more likely to find ... -
An analysis of household and government spending on education in South Africa.
(2021)Education is one of the largest components of government spending across developing and developed countries. Differences in spending on education are often cited as the key contributors to achievement gaps between countries ... -
The relationship between government revenue and government expenditure in South Africa: a cointegration and causality approach.
(2021)The government plays an important role in stabilising the economy, by implementing adequate economic policies such as fiscal policy, which consists of government revenue and government expenditure. A budget deficit arises ... -
Socio-economic determinants of the gender gap in mental health in South Africa.
(2022)A large body of theoretical and empirical epidemiological literature investigating the relation between gender and depression find that depression is more prevalent among women than men. However, this research is mainly ... -
A critical evaluation of resale price maintenance in South Africa: an efficiency interpretation.
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Factors determining the choice of technique in the manufacturing sector in the Pietermaritzburg economic region.
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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 ...
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