development of South Africa?s largest cities. Our local economic growth empirics show some indications of conditional convergence … convergence was found but this was driven by declines in the standard deviation of per capita income amongst the poorest quintile … of towns. An estimate of conditional beta convergence of 1.2 percent over the period 1990-2000 confirms that overall …

development of South Africa's largest cities. Our local economic growth empirics show some indications of conditional convergence … convergence was found but this was driven by declines in the standard deviation of per capita income amongst the poorest quintile … of towns. An estimate of conditional beta convergence of 1.2 percent over the period 1990-2000 confirms that overall …

-year period, rather the tentative evidence suggestsslow beta convergence. …

variables. The speed of convergence of the variables to their long-term mean values is relatively higher for South Africa than …

variables. The speed of convergence of the variables to their long-term mean values is relatively higher for South Africa than …

stable stylised fact, or whether it is a new phenomenon, the outcome of a process of convergence towards the current '50 …

The discourse surrounding convergence of mass media content and infrastructures has been fraught with extravagant … convergence issue in order to explore the disconnect between the hype and realities of convergence. Three research questions … characterize the relevant existing policy initiatives, identify obstacles to convergence and in comparativist terms ascertain which …