Sales by ornamental nurseries in the United States have grown, recently, at an impressive rate. For example, sales of the greenhouse and nursery crops component increased about 18% from 2000 to 2006 (USDA, 2007). The evolution of a diverse set of market channel alternatives, including the garden...

The objective of this thesis was to examine the validity of the Export-Led Growth(ELG) hypothesis in nine Southern African countries using annual data for the period1980-2002. The thesis used time series econometric techniques to test for the causallinkage between exports and economic growth in...