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An investigation of employment outcomes in South African manufacturing

Author: Mercer, Sean Date: 2020 The aim of this research paper is to investigate the employment outcomes in South African manufacturing between 1972 and 2016. The research employs a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis in demonstrating how South Africa's ... Read more
Applying fuzzy-set theoretic poverty measures within a developmental local government context : the Khayelitsha - Mitchell's Plain case study

Author: Dawood, Ghalieb Date: 2004 This paper attempts to demonstrate the importance of the linkage between the presence of poverty and the nature of governance, something largely omitted from poverty studies in South Africa. The context of this investigation was the establishment ... Read more
Automative policy and the Restructuring of the South African Industry, 1990-2005

Author: Black, Anthony Date: 2007 Read more
Autos for Africa? : possibilities and pitfalls for an automotive industry in Africa

Author: McLennan, Thomas Date: 2016 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has grown very rapidly over the last decade. Demand for light vehicles has rapidly increased in this period, albeit from a very low base. Growing demand is almost entirely supplied by the import of used vehicles from ... Read more
Benchmarking and productivity analysis in South Africa's automotive industry

Author: Moshikaro, Lesego Date: 2020 Despite being the biggest beneficiary of industrial policy, South Africa's automotive industry has struggled to remain competitive relative to its peers. This is partly a result of increasing global competition, structural shifts and changing ... Read more
"Beyond the Sparkle" : diversification of mineral-rich economies: The case of Botswana

Author: Modungwa, Bame Date: 2018 Botswana is known as Africa's growth miracle, having transformed from one of the poorest countries in the world at independence, into a middle-income economy in a short period of time. The country's success has been reliant on high revenues ... Read more
Contributions of a minerals industry cluster to sustainable development: A case study on human and social capital in Richards Bay, South Africa

Author: Kato, Shuhei Date: 2017 The South African economy has developed with its strong connection to the minerals extraction and processing industries. Rich endowments of coal and a well-established mining sector in the country enabled the generation and supply of competitively ... Read more
Essays on telecommunications demand and regulatory policies

Author: Mothobi, Onkokame Date: 2017 This thesis employs models of homogenous and differentiated products to empirically investigate the demand for mobile phone services in Sub-Saharan African countries. The thesis consists of a short introductory chapter, three self-contained ... Read more
Firm growth, survival and productivity in South Africa

Author: Masenyetse, Rethabile Francis Date: 2017 In developing economies, the existence of a healthy industrial structure is vital to the pursuit of long term policy objectives of employment and sustainable economic growth. This makes it important to understand the dynamics of firm survival ... Read more
Foreign direct investment in South Africa : a comparative study of strategies and key determinants

Author: Danstile, Monwabisi Dominic Date: 2005 This dissertation considers the question of foreign direct investment (FDI) into South Africa. It examines constraints on investment, entry strategies by foreign films, firm performance and the impact of FDI on the South African economy. Read more
Foreign direct investment in the manufacturing sector in Botswana : key determinants and deterrents

Author: Maduo, Pinkie Gertrude Date: 2003 There is considerable controversy on the role and impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth in developing countries. Empirical studies show inconclusive results. For countries that rely heavily on a single commodity for the ... Read more
Ghana 'rising'?: A socioeconomic snapshot of Ghana's place in the 'Africa rising' narrative

Author: Baker, Emma Date: 2016 The 'Africa Rising' narrative, which has gained popularity since the late 2000s, refers to the considerable economic and social gains that have been made across the continent since the start of the new millennium. Heralded as more than just ... Read more
The growth implications of Agglomeration in South Africa, 1996-2010

Author: Msulwa, Rehema Date: 2012 The paper investigates whether the spatial distribution of economic activity in South Africa is static or evolving. Testing Gibrat’s Law to determine this, results suggest growth patterns in South Africa have been divergent over the period ... Read more
Heat as medicine - a study of the ceiling retrofit programme in South African low cost housing

Author: Kirsten, Sean Louis Date: 2015 Exploring the energy saving and efficient intervention options available to governments, Winkler et al (2002) measured the energy cost-benefits of different interventions in low cost housing across South Africa. These interventions included ... Read more
Incentives, investment and economic diversification : the case of manufacturing development in Botswana

Author: Mogapi, Sydney Date: 2003 Botswana, which is widely known for its remarkable economic growth and prudent macro-economic management, was one of the poorest countries in the world prior to independence in 1966. The country was primarily a subsistence economy largely ... Read more
Keeping up with the Khumalo's: An analysis of the indebted African middle class in South Africa between 2008-2017

Author: Scott, Thabo Date: 2020 The demise of apartheid has accelerated the emergence of the African middle class. This group's expenditure pattern has recently received public scrutiny, leading to empirical research on their consumption patterns leaning on the theory of ... Read more
Learning, Technical Change and the Trade Regime in the South African Automotive Component Sector

Author: Black, Anthony Date: Dec 1996 In an article published in the Harvard Business Review in 1989, Magaziner et al give a compelling description of the entry of the Korean conglomerate, Samsung, into microwave oven production in the early 1970's. Read more c b n a
Location, Automotive Policy, and Multinational Strategy: The Position of South Africa in the Global Industry since 1995

Author: Black, Anthony Date: 2009 The South African automotive sector has become much more integrated into the global industry since 1995. Rapid export expansion has shifted its orientation fundamentally away from its focus on the small domestic market and the industry is ... Read more c b n
Made in South Africa? An Assessment of Local Content within the Automotive Value Chain

Author: Bowden, Guy Date: 2022 Despite rising vehicle production, the South African automotive industry has experienced declining levels of local content in locally produced vehicles. This is partly a result of increasing international competition, worsening factor and ... Read more
Mapping sectors for high employment and low carbon growth in South Africa

Author: Wills, Nicola Grace Date: 2022 South Africa is facing an unemployment crisis, with an unemployment rate of 43.2% by the expanded definition in quarter 1 of 2021. At the same time, the threats of climate change are becoming ever more evident and the world is under increasing ... Read more

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