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We estimate the carbon intensity of industries, products, and households in South Africa. Direct and indirect carbon usage is measured using multiplier methods that capture inter-industry linkages and multi-product supply chains. Carbon intensity is found to be high for exports but low for major...
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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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This paper analyses the food price trends in South Africa during two periods of rapid food price inflation that occurred in the decade 2000 - 10 and unpacks the political reaction and policy responses to the food price crises in these two periods. Based on personal recollection of events during...
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South Africa is considering introducing carbon taxes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We evaluate potential impacts using a dynamic economy-wide model linked to an energy sector model. Simulation results indicate that a phased-in carbon tax that reaches US$30 per ton of CO2 by 2022 achieves...
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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 and resources, determines whether service...
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This paper sets out to provide an introduction to two sets of questions, and to some relevant literature that has tried to answer them. The first set of questions concern what determines growth in low-income countries, and how the answers are conditioned by the history of fiscal policy design...
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We investigate allocations of foreign aid by donors to the environment sector in Kenya covering the period 2001-12. Our … public debt. Allocations to environment have not been priority for donors in spite of several policy statements. Further, aid …
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. The environment literature highlights important environment issues in air, land and water, including deforestation … Burkina Faso's government and donors in environment and development areas, acknowledge the urgent need of facing these … challenges efficiently, the first of which seems to be deciding how to finance the environment strategies. Of the €8 million …
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generate significant pollution problems and risks to human health and the environment. Over one billion people living in low …, there are opportunities for reducing pollution, alleviating poverty, improving the urban environment, and lowering …
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formulation with appropriate and relevant measurement of entrepreneurship and the business environment, the primary focus in this …
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