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wages by MNEs to retain good labourers. All of these benefits can be important for Africa, the world's poorest continent, in … FDI flows destined for Africa. In this line the present paper presents results from an empirical survey of German firms in … South Africa. South Africa may be an interesting case in which to study the impacts of MNEs on African development as it has …
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This response document will briefly address concerns about the ethical, legal and methodological flaws with past research informing aspects of present PEPFAR program areas; concerns about adverse consequences of PEPFAR program areas; and concerns about the absence of oversight of the activities...
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A positive economic growth is one crucial macroeconomic objective of every nation. Many countries have formed regional as well as international trading blocs in an attempt to enhance economic growth and maximise welfare of each member state, the AFTZ member states are not an exception. This...
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general equilibrium model, this paper argues that climate change will negatively affect agricultural productivity in Africa … opportunity for African economies. As latecomers, Africa has indeed an opportunity to be at the forefront of the green revolution …
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divestment, and examines if the merger-induced divestment could improve the total welfare using the case of cement mergers in …
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The cement industry is a capital intensive, energy consuming, and vital industry for sustaining infrastructure of … nations. The international cement market –while constituting a small share of world industry output—has been growing at an … –especially Europe—have caused cement production plants to shift to countries with less stringent environmental regulations. Along …
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The Icelandic Competition Council recently ruled that a cement supplier with 75% market share is not dominant. The …
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As South African universities experience extremely low graduation rates, academic staff implement a range of interventions, for instance tutorial programmes, in order to improve student performance. However, relatively little is known about the impact of such tutorial programmes on students’...
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This paper examines the scope for a rights-based perspective on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by focusing on right to water. The paper adapts Hohfeldian framework of elements of a right developed by Wenar. According to this, a right should be interpreted in terms of powers, privileges,...
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