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Small businesses in South Africa : who outsources tax compliance work and why?
Coolidge, Jacqueline G. - 2009
"The authors use firm-level survey data on 998 small and medium enterprises registered for tax in South Africa regarding tax compliance costs to investigate the use of outsourcing to complete tax compliance tasks. Overall, about 43 percent of the enterprises do all their tax compliance work...
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South Africa : Enhancing the Effectiveness of Government in Promoting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise
World Bank - 2012
medium enterprises (SMME) sector, the skills gap and the issue of access to finance are of particular relevance; and (b … well-targeted programs that meet that rationale. The issue of skills development, in particular, is central to the medium … the compliance of beneficiaries with the training and skills development requirements of the scheme; and this will need to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553145
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South Africa - Constraints to Growth and Employment : Evidence of the Small, Medium and Micro Enterprise Firm Survey
World Bank - 2013
detailed analyses of each of the main constraints identified. Chapter 4 discusses the skills shortage as well as the degree to …
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Fostering technology absorption in Southern African enterprises
Goldberg, Itzhak (contributor); Kuriakose, Smita (contributor) - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393676
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Agricultural land redistribution and land administration in Sub-Saharan Africa : case studies of recent reforms
Byamugisha, Frank (contributor) - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393999
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Wage subsidy and labor market flexibility in South Africa
Go, Delfin S. (contributor) - 2009
"In this paper, the authors use a highly disaggregate general equilibrium model to analyze the feasibility of a wage subsidy to unskilled workers in South Africa, isolating and estimating its potential employment effects and fiscal cost. They capture the structural characteristics of the labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394165
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Local sources of financing for infrastructure in Africa : a cross-country analysis
Irving, Jacqueline - 2009
"With the exception of South Africa, local financial markets in sub-Saharan Africa remain underdeveloped and small, with a particular dearth of financing with maturity terms commensurate with the medium- to long-term horizons of infrastructure projects. But as financial market reforms gather...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394172
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Paying the price for unreliable power supplies : in-house generation of electricity by firms in Africa
Foster, Vivien - 2009
"This paper documents the prevalence of in-house generation of electric power by firms in Sub-Saharan Africa and attempts to identify the underlying causes. The analysis is based on two data sources. The UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base (WEPP), a global inventory of electric power...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394207
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Tax policy to reduce carbon emissions in South Africa
Devarajan, Shantayanan (contributor) - 2009
"Noting that South Africa may be one of the few African countries that could contribute to mitigating climate change, the authors explore the impact of a carbon tax relative to alternative energy taxes on economic welfare. Using a disaggregate general-equilibrium model of the South African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394227
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Macro-micro feedback links of water management in South Africa : CGE analyses of selected policy regimes
Hassan, Rashid M. (contributor) - 2008
"The pressure on an already stressed water situation in South Africa is predicted to increase significantly under climate change, plans for large industrial expansion, observed rapid urbanization, and government programs to provide access to water to millions of previously excluded people. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520991