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Competitive dynamics of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Robb, Genna; Paelo, Anthea - 2020
dynamics of telecommunications markets in four SADC countries and relates this to outcomes for consumers. From a mobile … suggest that regulation has often been ineffective in facilitating competition in telecommunications markets in SADC. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424070
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Comparative approaches to key issues in the economic regulation of telecommunications markets in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Paelo, Anthea; Robb, Genna - 2020
innovation in telecommunications services. In this paper, regulatory models in South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424071
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The regulation of interconnection and regulatory alignment in the Southern African Development Community
Nsomba, Grace - 2021
This paper analyses interconnection in telecommunications markets in the Southern African Development Community (SADC … regional experience in terms of the cross-country integration of telecommunications markets through international calls and … technology have meant significant increases in demand for broadband and data services, resulting in a surge in demand for over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705324
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Petrol price regulation in South Africa: Is it meeting its intended objectives?
Crompton, Rod; Sing, Midesh; Filter, Vernon; Msimango, … - 2020
The South African liquid fuels industry is a significant part of the economy. Historically, government policy focused on import substitution industrialization to support industry margins. This approach is called into question by the 2006 shift from net exports to imports and by inflated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424127
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The impact on the South African economy of alternative regulatory arrangements in the petroleum sector
Bohlmann, Heinrich; Crompton, Rod - 2020
increase in demand for petrol on the back of the lower consumer prices achieved via the reforms. Whilst job losses at fuel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424140
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Linkages and spillover effects of South African foreign direct investment in Botswana and Kenya
Nandonde, Felix Adamu; Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Mmusi, … - 2019
In recent decades, the impact of South African foreign direct investment in Africa has been captured by research and policy. This paper investigates linkages and spillover effects of South African foreign direct investment in Botswana and Kenya. The study uses primary data to investigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146547
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On the persistence of growth for South African firms
Mamburu, Mulalo - 2018
The growth of firms has been shown to have a meaningful impact on the health of firms and the economy in general. As the body of literature dedicated to understanding high-growth firms has expanded, an interest in the persistence of growth has become even more relevant. This is because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943881
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Gender bias and the intrahousehold distribution of resources: Evidence from African nuclear households in South Africa
Bargain, Olivier; Kwenda-Magejo, Prudence; Ntuli, Miracle - 2017
This paper applies recent developments in collective model estimation to elicit the household resource sharing rule, i.e. the amount of household resources accruing to fathers, mothers, and their children among African families in South Africa. We use the 2010/11 South African Income and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688566
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Outfits: Narrowly tailored laws that harm instead of help ; a case study of Liberia's telecommunication laws
de la Cruz Gitau, Rosalia - 2011
The telecommunications sector in Africa presents many exciting prospects to international investors - indeed many … study, the author examines the legal framework governing telecommunications in Liberia. This study argues that Liberia …'s current telecommunications laws prejudicially favour foreign investors to the unnecessary detriment of local interests. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280129
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Urban change and rural continuity in gender ideologies and practices: Theorizing from Zambia
Evans, Alice - 2017
Across the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality. To explain this global trend, this paper engages with geographically diverse literature and comparative rural-urban ethnographic research from Zambia. It argues that people living in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688561