Oil is an essential commodity in the South African economy and a source of energy that is used for electricity generation, heating, and cooking. It is vital for the transportation system on which the very livelihood of the ...
This study attempts to identify the determinants of FDI inflows into South Africa using annual data for the period from 1980 to 2012. Firstly, it provides an overview of FDI and the state of macroeconomic variables in South ...
The determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and its effects on macroeconomic growth in developing countries have been investigated exhaustively by numerous researchers. The dominant message that has emerged from ...
Literature on the significance of vibrant financial system is vast and conclusive, more so on the need for strong banking system for sustainable inclusive growth. This study take cognisant of such literature and explores ...
Mazambani, Faith Rumbidzayi(University of Fort Hare, 2015-05)
This study examines the impact of electricity prices on economic growth in South Africa using Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) and the Johansen approach to co-integration. The results confirm that a stable, long-run ...
Makaula, Ndzwana Malizole(University of Fort Hare, 2014-12)
Human development index as the measure of human capital development has always attracted interest of economists, researchers and policy makers. Government across the globe, South Africa in particular is also trying to ...
This dissertation investigates the effects of the financial crisis on the South African economy. In order to do this, an index which describes the financial conditions of the South African economy is constructed and computed. ...
Inflation and unemployment are perhaps the two most important challenges that face the South African economy of today. Firstly, the study examines the relationship between monetary policy and the two economic fundamentals ...
This study examines issues surrounding efficiency in the Zimbabwean health sector with specific
emphasis on for-profit hospitals in order to find out whether they are significantly more efficient
than non-profit hospitals. ...
South Africa‟s joining of the BRICS was supposed to transform the economy into high levels of growth but this has not been realised to date. Critics have labelled the failure on BRICS policies vague towards import substitution, ...
The SADC region has felt the impact of HIV/AIDS more than any other region in sub-Saharan Africa and the world. South Africa is the home of the largest number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world. Historically, South ...
Moyo, Hazel Nobandile(University of Fort Hare, 2013)
Despite the significant contribution to socio-economic development by SMEs (small and medium enterprises), their failure rate is very high in South Africa. Adoption and implementation of market orientation has been identified ...
This study sought to investigate the relationship between exchange rate volatility and export performance in South Africa. The main objective of the study was to examine the impact of exchange rate volatility on export ...
The transport infrastructure investment has been a subject of many studies for some time, mainly in improving and predicting the economic growth of the country and improving employment in South Africa. Given this, the study ...
Chikwanha, Tafadzwa R(University of Fort Hare, 2013)
South Africa in its quest for socio-economic improvement still faces the problem of persistent unemployment. Unemployment in South Africa is very intricate and therefore makes it a complex challenge to tackle for policy ...
The importance of the financial structure system, which comprises the banking sector and financial markets, to the growth of a country’s economy cannot be underestimated. It is important to analyse comparatively the ...