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Can the SDGs in low-income countries be financed? And should we care?

Winckler Andersen, Ole; Therkildsen, Ole - 2019

SDGs (The Sustainable Development Goals) are underfinanced in developing countries, especially in low-income countries … in 2030. To address the underfunding of the SDGs, policy priorities and allocation decisions in developing as well as … contexts. Realistically not all SDGs will be fully funded. …

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Social protection, caste and ethnicity in Nepal: A new social contract or an old political settlement?

Webster, Neil - 2021

Social protection is emerging in Nepal as a key state instrument to reduce social exclusion and inequality by providing …-generational poverty. In 2016-17, over 2.2 million persons in Nepal benefitted directly from government social protection, for which NRs 32 …

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Weak links in the BEE chain? Procurement, skills and employment equity in the metals and engineering industries

Mohamed, Grace; Roberts, Simon - 2006

Empowerment’ (BEE) as being broadbased, inclusive, and part of a sustainable long-term growth and development strategy. In this …

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Trade in the small- and micro-entreprise sector in Kenya and other countries in Eastern and Southern Africa

Pedersen, Poul Ove - 2005

development, a sign of poverty, although they are responsible for a large share of the national distribution system. The paper …

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WTO vs. BEE: Why trade liberalisation may block black South Africans' access to the wealth, prosperity or just a white-collar job

Mortensen, Jon - 2006

South Africa’s policy of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) is intended to alleviate the racially determined disparities in the distribution of the country’s wealth and income. It aims at increasing the participation of black South Africans in the formal private sector economy: more black...

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The logic of Black Economic Empowerment

Southall, Roger - 2006

life for all’ if it is systematically combined with concerted anti-poverty strategies. …

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The development of the informal small-enterprise sector in Eastern and Southern Africa: From import substitution to structural adjustment

Pedersen, Poul Ove - 2005

In spite of its growing importance in the African economies, the informal, small-enterprise sector still plays a dubious and little understood role in development. Due to lack of data it is often treated as if it was unrelated to the rest of the economy. However, a number og large surveys...

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Socio-economic transformation in South Africa: Black Economic Empowerment and small, medium and micro enterprises

Sanchez, Diana - 2006

) have been recognized as central for economic growth and transformation since the mid-1990s, and have developed under an … to accelerate economic growth, reduce unemployment and bridge the gap between the first and second economies. Trade and …

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To BEE or not to BEE? South Africa's 'Black Economic Empowerment' (BEE), corporate governance and the state in the South

Ponte, Stefano; Roberts, Simon; van Sittert, Lance - 2006

Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) has been a major policy thrust of the democratic governments in South Africa since 1994 in attempting to redress the effects of apartheid. This paper explores the historical precedents to BEE in South Africa, its origins, and its points of contact with the...

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De-racialising exploitation: 'Black Economic Empowerment' in the South African wine sector

Kruger, Sandra; DuToit, Andries; Ponte, Stefano - 2006

In November 2003, the South African wine industry held its first consultative conference on ‘Black Empowerment’. The press reported to the world that the industry was at last entering ‘the new South Africa’. For years, it had been a byword for white power and black exploitation –...

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