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capabilities to support urbanization in Africa. However, South African companies have been relatively unsuccessful at exporting …. 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 …
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and mining (i.e. deindustrialization) suggests that South Africa is a de facto service-orientated economy. Employment …
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presents opportunities for emerging economies to adapt and enter new markets. Many countries in southern Africa have struggled … Community between 1995 and 2012, and supplement this with a review of Foreign Direct Investment from South Africa. Tradable …
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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 examine the implications of the rise of a middle class in East and Southern Africa for food consumption patterns and …
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African countries to spur growth and employment. Most special economic zones implemented in Southern Africa have largely … practice and review the implications for implementation and sustainability strategy in Southern Africa. The main findings point …
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Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate … foreign trade) and benefits from urbanization (internal migration and agglomeration effects). Simulations suggest that urban … national growth. Given these trade-offs, we conclude that the urbanization's benefits argue against an agro …
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This paper examines the changing nature of occupational labour-market trends in South Africa and the resulting impact …
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This paper analyses the question why the South African government intends to procure nuclear energy technology, despite affordable and accessible fossil and renewable energy alternatives. We analyse the social shaping of nuclear energy technology based on the statements of political actors in...
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We examine the extent to which two of Africa's leading gold mining economies, Ghana and Tanzania, have adopted … legislation in the gold industry has had on industrialization and development in each country. South Africa's gold mining … investment on the continent and its potential role in realizing the minerals-based industrialization agenda of Africa's resource …
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