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Rural Markets, Food-Grain Prices and Famines: A Study on Selected Regions in Ethiopia.

Endale, D. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 1992

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China?s Development Strategy and Energy Security: Growth, Distribution and Regional Cooperation

Khan, Haider A. - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

This paper analyses both global and regional approaches to solving problems of energy security and ecological imbalance … by addressing specifically the problems of China?s energy security. China?s growing energy dependence has become a major … South Korea and Taiwan are proceeding to create these as well. But this will add to its energy burden and further dependence …

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Halving Poverty in South Africa: Growth and Distributional Aspects

Tregenna, Fiona - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

The United Nations Millennium Declaration commits to halving extreme poverty between 2000 and 2015. The South African government has set a goal of halving poverty by 2014, although the meaning of this goal has not yet been defined. This article specifies government.s stated target of halving...

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Measuring the Carbon Content of the South African Economy

Arndt, Channing; Makrelov, Konstantin; Thurlow, James - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2011

-intensive consumers. These results suggest that carbon pricing policies (without border tax adjustments) would adversely affect export … margins, implying that carbon pricing should be accompanied by supporting public policies and investments. …

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The Fruit of the Vine? An Augmented Endowments-Inequality Hypothesis and the Rise of an Elite in the Cape Colony

Fourie, Johan; von Fintel, Dieter - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2010

The arrival of European settlers at the Cape in 1652 marked the beginning of what would become an extremely unequal society. Comparative analysis reveals that certain endowments exist in societies that experience a ‘persistence of inequality’. This paper shows that the emphasis on endowments...

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The success of learnerships? Lessons from South Africa.s training and education programme

Rankin, Neil; Roberts, Gareth; Schoer, Volker - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

Vocational training programmes, like South Africa.s learnership programme, which combine classroom learning and on-the-job training seem like the type of intervention which can create skills, get young people into jobs quicker, and reduce youth unemployme

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Trade unions in an emerging economy: The case of South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Naidoo, Karmen; Yu, Derek - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

This paper provides a historical overview of the South African trade union movement, followed by a brief discussion of the labour market legislation and institutions formed since 1994. Thereafter, a detailed evaluation of the impact of trade unions, legis

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Verticle Decentralization and Urban Service Delivery in South Africa: Does Politics Matter?

Cameron, Robert - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2012

This study examines the role of politics on decentralization and service delivery in South Africa, with a specific focus on Johannesburg and Cape Town. The research delineates how national decentralization has affected service delivery responsibilities an

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An integrated approach to modelling energy policy in South Africa: Evaluating carbon taxes and electricity import restrictions

Arndt, Channing; Davies, Rob; Gabriel, Sherwin; … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

We link a bottom-up energy sector model to a recursive dynamic computable general equilibrium model of South Africa in … order to examine two of the country.s main energy policy considerations: (i) the introduction of a carbon tax and (ii …

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Skills-biased labour demand and the pursuit of inclusive growth in South Africa

Bhorat, Haroon; Goga, Sumayya; Stanwix, Benjamin - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2014

This paper examines the changing nature of occupational labour-market trends in South Africa and the resulting impact on wages. We observe high levels of demand for skilled labour that have intensified a trend already established before 1994. Over the per

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