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An analysis of the law, practice and policy of the WTO agreement on technical barriers to trade in relation to international standards and the international organization for standardization: implications for least developed countries in Africa
(2007)
This study examines the legal and policy objectives of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) with specific reference to international standards and the International Organisation ...
Towards a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI): implications for developing African countries
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
In most African countries the private sector provides the main impetus for economic growth, especially since countries started opening up their economics for foreign investment. Foreign investments have played an important ...
A description of the perceptions and barriers that influence initial and consistent use of condoms amongst a sample of male and female students of the Polytechnic in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The purpose of this study is to gain a greater understanding of the perceptions and barriers that influence condom use amongst male and female students at the Polytechnic of Namibia (Technical Vocational Education & ...
HIV testing from an African human rights system perspective: An analysis of the legal and policy framework of Botswana, Ethiopia and Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
The HIV/AIDS pandemic poses the greatest threat to Africa's efforts to achieve its full potential in the social, economical and political spheres. Cognizant of its devastating consequences, various mechanisms have been ...
The impact of HIV/AIDS on under-five mortality in Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Although the under-five mortality rate in Malawi has been declining since 1960, it still remains one of the highest in the world. In order to appropriately target interventions to achieve substantial reductions in deaths ...
The role of human rights lawyers in rights based approach to reduction of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
Sub-Saharan Africa is a region where extreme poverty is prevalent in spite of the regions apparent commitment to the philosophy of human rights, in that all fifty-three countries in the region ratified the African Charter ...
Benefit sharing from traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights in Africa: "an analysis of international regulations"
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This thesis was written in the contemplation of the idea that, it is only through protection of the traditional knowledge in African local societies where these societies can rip the benefit of its commercialization and ...
The African Charter on democracy, elections and governance: A normative framework for analysing electoral democracy in Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2007)
This paper gave an insight into the novelties as well as the deficiencies of the provisions related to democratic elections and their implementation framework. It examined the potential effectiveness or otherwise of a ...