Similar Search Results

Can cities or towns drive African development? : economy-wide analysis for Ethiopia and Uganda

Dorosh, Paul; Thurlow, James - 2012

Rapid urbanization is an important characteristic of African development and yet the structural transformation debate focuses on agriculture's relative merits without also considering the benefits from urban agglomeration. As a result, African governments are often provided conflicting...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009545470

A stochastic simulation approach to estimating the economic impacts of climate change in Bangladesh

Thurlow, James; Dorosh, Paul; Yu, Winston H. - 2011

Climate change assessments often inadequately address uncertainty when estimating damages. Using a dynamic economy-wide model of Bangladesh, we estimate and decompose damages from historical climate variability and future anthropogenic climate change. Our stochastic simulation approach avoids...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009490396

Fifty years of Asian experience in the spread of education and healthcare

Mundle, Sudipto - 2018

This paper analyses the dramatic spread of education and healthcare in Asia and also the large variations in that … and private spending have generated a pattern of nested disparities in the access to education and healthcare between rich …. However, as the better-off regions, areas, and households approach the upper limits of achievable education and health …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011898729

Youth unemployment hysteresis in South Africa : macro-micro analysis

Maskaeva, Asiya; Msafiri, Mgeni - 2021

. Then, the total government savings from the reduced transport subsidy are reallocated to the education sector to support …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422653

The development of a linked modelling framework for analysing the socioeconomic impacts of energy and climate policies in South Africa

Merven, Bruno; Arndt, Channing; Winkler, Harald E. - 2017

This paper presents some methodological improvements made to the linked SATIM-eSAGE energy-economy-environment modelling framework for analysing energy and climate policy in South Africa. The improvements include the linking of the households and the other economic sectors of the eSAGE...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607500

The economic implications of introducing carbon taxes in South Africa

Alton, Theresa; Arndt, Channing; Davies, Rob; Hartley, … - 2012

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537231

The impact of a higher leverage ratio on the South African economy

Davies, Rob; Harris, Laurence; Makrelov, Konstantin - 2019

We employ a micro-founded and stock-and-flow-consistent model to study the impact of a higher leverage ratio on the South African economy. The model provides a rich representation of institutional balance sheets. The relationship between bank capital, risk-taking behaviour, lending spreads, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012003709

Fiscal multipliers in South Africa : the importance of financial sector dynamics

Makrelov, Konstantin; Arndt, Channing; Davies, Rob; … - 2018

We analyse implications of financial sector dynamics for fiscal expenditure multipliers in recessionary conditions. We employ a stock-and-flow-consistent model for South Africa with four financial instruments and detailed balance sheets for the household, government, financial, non-financial,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776217

Stock-and-flow-consistent macroeconomic model for South Africa

Makrelov, Konstantin; Arndt, Channing; Davies, Rob; … - 2018

We develop a stock-and-flow-consistent model for South Africa with four financial instruments and detailed balance sheets for the household, government, financial, non-financial, and foreign sectors and the Reserve Bank. Though micro-founded, the model departs significantly from current dynamic...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776234

The success of learnerships? : lessons from South Africa's training and education programme

Rankin, Neil; Roberts, Gareth; Schöer, Volker - 2014

Vocational training programmes, like South Africa's learnership programme, which combine classroom learning and on-the-job training seem like the type of intervention which can create skills, get young people into jobs quicker, and reduce youth unemployment. This paper uses a longitudinal...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337692

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last