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Assessing the ICT-enabled agricultural commodity exchange market and its impact on small-scale farmers in South Africa Takudzwa
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Pre-democratic South Africa was highly regulated by the apartheid government with the
black small-scale farming community actively marginalised. Following the deregulation of
the South African agricultural market came ...
Economic appraisal of changes to the South African tax system since 1990
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Countries reform their tax systems to improve economic and administrative efficiency, the impact on income distribution and their revenue-raising capacity. Globalisation has also affected the fiscal autonomy of countries ...
The effectiveness of fiscal deficits in stimulating economic growth
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
This thesis applies a Structural Vector Auto Regression model to find the response of economic
growth to fiscal deficits in South Africa. The results of this study help to assess the effectiveness of
discretionary fiscal ...
Household food security and the anthropometric status of children under five: evidence from the Kenya integrated household budget survey (2005/2006)
(2013)
Kenya has continued to record decreasing child mortality rates in recent years, with
available data showing that the under-five mortality rate was 85 per 1000 live births in
2010, down from 117 in 1997 (World Bank, 2012). ...
Youth wage subsidy as a possible solution to youth unemployment in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
South Africa is characterised by its high and persistent level of unemployment, in particular
among the youth. The high youth unemployment is attributed to various reasons, ranging
from their lack of work experience, ...