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This paper analyses the food price trends in South Africa during two periods of rapid food price inflation that … and food policy in South Africa remained largely unchanged with no controls or regulations introduced. The South African …
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South Africa is considering introducing carbon taxes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We evaluate potential impacts … South Africa's trading partners unilaterally impose a carbon consumption tax then welfare and employment losses exceed those …
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This study examines the role of politics on decentralization and service delivery in South Africa, with a specific … party, and considers what the nature of inter-governmental relations implies for donors operating in South Africa's urban …
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We estimate the carbon intensity of industries, products, and households in South Africa. Direct and indirect carbon …
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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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. There are many opportunities to expand trade in services between South Africa and other African countries. Improvements in … urban planning, design, and governance are vital to create more productive and liveable cities. South Africa has many … capabilities to support urbanization in Africa. However, South African companies have been relatively unsuccessful at exporting …
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issues, therefore identifying areas of high and low wind power reliability in southern Africa at different time scales. After … of South Africa has shown the most interest in wind power investment. For this reason, we focus parts of the study on … wind resource in the country. The study finds that, although wind power density is high in South Africa compared to its …
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Africa should industrialize. Without structural change it cannot sustain recent growth. Economies with more diverse and … sophisticated industrial sectors tend to grow faster. But since 1980 Africa has deindustrialized. The paper shows that between 1975 … and 2005 the size, diversity and sophistication of industry in Africa have all declined. An industrialization strategy …
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Donor support for decentralization comes in two main categories: recommendations at the policy level and project activities at the programming level. At the policy level, donors promote decentralization by recommending greater autonomy for subnational actors. That is, they advocate for reforms...
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achieving security, yet the experience of changing policing systems in Africa is disappointing. Only South Africa and a few post …
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