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An analysis of the effectiveness of microfinance: A case study in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
The aim of this study is to determine the extent to which the UN/OSCAL (United Nations Office of the Special Coordinator for Africa and the Least Development Countries) model of microfinance is being applied in the South ...
Foreign direct investment and governance: an empirical evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2004)
This thesis employed a panel data of 36 countries from sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1996-2000 to examine the impact of governance on foreign direct investment flows. Within the governance variable there are six ...
An investigation of the determinants of private investment: the case of Botswana
(University of the Western Cape, 2006)
Private investment in Botswana as well as a ratio to Gross Domestic Product has been falling in some periods of 1976-2003. Viewed against the background of growing evidence of a link between investment and economic growth, ...
Austerity measures and their role on infrastructure and economic development in South Africa: A review of the period 1996 – 2019
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The global economy is a complex system. Due to globalization, the South African economy has become interconnected and integrated into the global economic system. Thus, it is a complex system influenced by domestic and ...
Comparing the economic development in the Eastern Cape and Limpopo provinces in South Africa since the advent of democracy
(University of the Western Cape, 2024)
There have been many studies investigating multi-dimensional poverty in South Africa since the descent of apartheid. Segregation created during the apartheid era left specific provinces vulnerable to multi-dimensional ...