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This paper investigates inequalities across the major black ethnic groups in South Africa, accounting for 80 per cent …
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South Africa has seen a significant increase in the size of the black middle class in the post-apartheid period, but … members of the middle class are no more likely to hold democratic values than other black South Africans, they are more likely … action. At the same time, intra-racial differences between middle class black respondents, on one hand, and middle class …
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1998 and then more extensive 'black economic empowerment' in 2003. However, the rise in the racial wage gap only started to … measured as time evolution, and by implication attributes demographic movements to the effect of policy changes. New evidence … shows that 2003 was a turning point, when black-white discrimination started to decline continuously thereafter. The …
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This paper investigates progress in reducing the high level of racial stratification of occupations after apartheid in South Africa. Empirical analysis, using census microdata and Labour Force Surveys, does not provide strong evidence of sustained or significant desegregation. Occupations remain...
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The business rights pillar of the Legal Empowerment of the Poor agenda is not preoccupied with equality of outcome; it …
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Whether policy support should be designed differently for women entrepreneurs is a particularly relevant question. To … measures specifically designed for women entrepreneurs. -- entrepreneurship ; gender ; women entrepreneurs ; Africa … answer this, and to inform the design of policies to provide appropriate support for women entrepreneurs, the paper compares …
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empowerment and well-being i.e., from a gender perspective. The paper provides the ILO's perspectives on gender dimensions of …
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economic growth and policy development perspective, namely high-growth firms. While the standard definition that is recommended … have implications for public policy recommendations that seek to encourage the emergence of high-growth firms. …
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prices and policy interventions. Despite enthusiasm for policy interventions to stimulate biofuel production in Southern … social externalities, and the costs associated with subsidies. This paper reviews the state of the policy, regulation, and …
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In this paper, we examine the determinants of the entrepreneurial behaviour of returnees to Cameroon based on original survey data from 2012. Contrary to the existing literature, we focus on the skills received from abroad without omitting the effect of savings. We distinguish between three...
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