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relatively few linkages between MNEs and domestic firms in sub-Saharan Africa compared with Asia. However, when linkages are … present in sub-Saharan Africa, they raise the likelihood of direct knowledge/technology transfers from MNEs to domestic firms …
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Extractive industries are spread across mining of metal and minerals, oil and gas, among others. Multinationals in these sectors are confronted with different challenges ranging from corruption, political risk, economic uncertainty, sunk costs, and the long-gestation periods to execute projects....
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COVID-19 pandemic and to policy-making more broadly, but South Africa lacks such data. We present new pandemic poverty …
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Inequality in South Africa is the enduring legacy of racial discrimination. We use a dynamic perspective to show the … labour market and job search frictions that represents the structural features of South Africa's economy, which can be used …
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/occupation distribution being lost relative to those at the top and bottom ends. South Africa may be a latecomer to this process, but there is …
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Examining the economy-wide consequences of South Africa following a similar trajectory of labour market polarization to … how a 2015 South Africa social accounting matrix (SAM) was updated for 2016 and expanded to include labour market … changes for skills demand in South Africa. …
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which labour market polarization has taken place in South Africa over the period 1993-2017. A decomposition method is used … well as an economic growth effect. The polarization we find is mild. This may be because technology in South Africa lags … elsewhere. Furthermore, the low rates of investment in South Africa means that uptake of new technology is slow. …
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in South Africa. Using a difference-in-differences design, within the context of an economy with one of the highest …
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first estimates of the relationships between outages and labour market outcomes in South Africa, a country characterized by …
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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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