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The development hub as an integrated strategy to accelerate led in small towns
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Evolving out of my past experience as municipal manager, the study addresses one of the topical issues in municipalities, viz. the quest for more effective and sustainable local economic development (LED) in small towns. ...
A time dimensional extension to standard poverty analyses in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)
Most poverty studies ignore the dimension of time and are merely concerned if an individual
meets certain money-metric or non-income welfare (e.g., access to services and asset
ownership) criteria. They fail to recognise ...
Financial development, health care system financing and health outcomes: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
This thesis purposes to examine the impact of financial development on health outcomes, health care expenditure and financial protection in health in 46 selected sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 1995 to 2014. It ...
The provision of epistemological access for successful student learning at university: Towards a readiness model for business, commerce and management sciences learners in the further education and training phase
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
This study was about the provision of epistemological access to Grade 10 to 12 learners in the business-related subjects of Accounting, Business Studies and Economics at two public high schools in the Western Cape Province. ...
Bureaucracy, law and power - water allocation for productive use: Policy and implementation, a case study of black emerging farmers in the Breede Gour i t z Water Management Area in theWestern Cape,South Africa, 2005-2017
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This study examines the problems of implementing water allocation policy in the context of the
local state bureaucracy as well as the specific experiences of local black emerging farmers in the
Breede Gouritz Water ...
The applicability of the quantity theory of money in a multicurrency economy: Lessons from Zimbabwe 2009-2019
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
One of the first economic theories to ever study the effects of money on price levels is the
Quantity Theory of Money (QTM). Both traditionally and empirically, the tenets of this study
have been studied in mono currency ...
Essays on financial inclusion in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
South Africa is known to be troubled by numerous persistent economic problems of inequality,
poverty and high unemployment. The country is simultaneously praised for a well-developed
financial sector that provides a ...
Capital structure and profitability of state-owned enterprises in Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Public enterprises require an optimal capital structure mix to fund long-term assets that will generate adequate resources to allow the public enterprises to remain financially sustainable over-time. The aim of this study ...
Essays on financial market development, monetary policy, and financial stability in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Like in many other countries, the South African financial markets play an important role in the
transmission of monetary policy and are crucial for promoting financial stability in South
Africa. The goal of financial ...