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Optimised reservoir operation model of regional wind and hydropower integration: Case study - Zambezi basin and South Africa

  • Year 2015
  • Author(s) Yohannes Gebretsadik; Charles Fant; Kenneth Strzepek
  • Countries and Regions South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Session 6: A regional approach to energy resources   This study develops a reliability assessment method of wind resource using optimum reservoir target power operations that maximises the firm generation of integrated wind and hydropower. This model is applied on the reservoir storages and hydropower system in the Zambezi river…
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The Malawi poultry industry and regional integration: A case of local policy support and value chain growth

  • Year 2015
  • Organisation Malawi's Deputy Director of Industry
  • Author(s) Clement Phangaphanga
  • Countries and Regions Malawi
Session 10: Agricultural value chains in the region This paper examines the reasons for the growth in the poultry industry in Malawi in the past 10 years. 
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Political drivers of Africa's regional economic integration: Lessons from Maputo and North-South corridors

  • Year 2015
  • Organisation European Centre for Development Policy Management
  • Author(s) Bruce Byiers; Jan Vanheukelom
  • Countries and Regions Mozambique
Session 9: A regional collabroation: Different approaches There is long-standing, wide consensus on the need for greater economic connectedness in Africa. Despite the rhetoric and apparent policy consensus, implementation of related commitments lags seriously. The lack of progress towards the free movement between national markets of goods, services, people and…
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Contribution of cooperative management of water resources to regional integration in SADC

  • Year 2015
  • Organisation Visiting Adjunct Professor, Wits School of Governance
  • Author(s) Mike Muller
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Session 9: A regional collabroation: Different approaches This paper reports on the results of an investigation into the contribution of cooperative management of water resources to regional integration in SADC. The study found that, while a few bilateral projects had contributed to economic development, there was little evidence of a…
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Supporting regional food security through enhanced agricultural supply chains

  • Year 2015
  • Organisation USAID/Southern Africa Trade Hub
  • Author(s) Gerrit Struyf (USAID/Southern Africa Trade Hub)
Session 10: Agricultural value chains in the region
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Bank financing and SME growth in developing countries

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation World Bank
  • Author(s) Sergio Schmukler
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
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The global economic crisis and South Africa

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation Tandem Global Partners
  • Author(s) Paulo Viera da Cunha
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Closing Plenary Session
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The global financial crisis and South Africa: What has been the impact on the labour market

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation International Labour Office
  • Author(s) Sher Verick
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 8B the Global Financial Crisis - Micro Impacts
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The impact of the international financial crisis on child poverty in South Africa

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of Pretoria
  • Author(s) Margaret Chitiga et al
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 8b: The Global Financial Crisis - Micro Impacts
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Alone in front of the job market: Some qualitative light on the poverty and labout market consequences of the international crisis

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation Human Sciences Research Council
  • Author(s) Catherine Cross
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 8B: The Global Financial Crisis - Marco Impacts
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Minimum wage enforcement in South Africa: Measurement and determinants

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation DPRU, University of Cape Town; Cornell University; DPRU, University of Cape Town
  • Author(s) Haroon Bhorat; Ravi Kanbur; Natasha Mayet
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 8A: Wage Dynamics
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English language proficiency and earnings in a developing country: The case of South Africa

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Author(s) Daniela Casale; Dorrit Posel
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 8A: Wage Dynamics
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Low-wage mobility in the South African labour market

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Author(s) Claire Vermaak
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 8A: Wage Dynamics
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The development state and its economic boundaries in South Africa

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of Cape Town
  • Author(s) Sean Archer
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 7B: Regional Issues
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Towards a regional integration of professional services in Southern Africa

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation World Bank
  • Author(s) Nora Dihel; Ana M Fernandes; Aaditya Mattoo
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 7B: Regional Issues
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International remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa, the counter-cyclical debate and economic crisis in the OECD countries

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation Rhodes University
  • Author(s) Abel E Ezeoha
  • Countries and Regions Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Session 7B: Regional Issues
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Defining and measuring informal employment in South Africa: A review of recent approaches

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of Western Cape
  • Author(s) Derek Yu
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 7A: Survey Data Quality Assessments
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A comparison of the self-reported employment status and the official labour market classifications of youth in South Africa

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of the Witswatersrand
  • Author(s) Gareth Roberts; Natasha Suchecki
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 7A: Survey Data Quality Assessments
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Ground rules for measuring inequality in South Africa

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation Statistics South Africa
  • Author(s) Rashad Cassim
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 7A: Survey Data Quality Assessments
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Taxation and gender equity: An eight country study of the gendered impact of direct and indirect taxes

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Author(s) Imraan Valodia
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 6B: Taxation and Trade Quotas
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Clothing quotas and consumer prices: Evidence from a natural experiment in South Africa

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation AMERU, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Author(s) Tasha Naughtin; Neil Rankin
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 6B: Taxation and Trade Quotas
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The firm level impact of SME tax incentives

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation AMERU, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Author(s) Jonathan Friedland; Neil Rankin
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 6B: Taxation and Trade Quotas
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Poverty and headship in post-apartheid South Africa, 1997-2006

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Author(s) Dorrit Posel; Daniela Casale
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 6A: Subjective Measures of Welfare
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Does higher income contribute to happiness? An exploratory study

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Author(s) Darma Mahadea
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 6A: Subjective Measures of Welfare
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Relative standing and subjective well-being in South Africa: The role of perceptions, expectations and family mobility

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of KwaZulu-Natal
  • Author(s) Dorrit Posel; Daniela Casale
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 6A: Subjective Measures of Welfare
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The expanded public works programme: Policy, rhetoric, reality and opportunities foregone during the expenditure of over R30 billion on infrastructure

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation University of the Witswatersrand
  • Author(s) Robert McCutcheon; Filip Taylor Parkins
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 5B: Employment Opportunities and Outcomes
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Employment guarantees: Innovation at the interface between social and economic policy

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation TIPS
  • Author(s) Kate Philip
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Sesssion 5B: Employment Opportunities and Outcomes
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Does having a child impact on employment prospects for young black urban women?

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation AMERU, University of the Witwatersrand
  • Author(s) Shaista Amod; Neil Rankin; Gareth Roberts
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 5B: Employment Opportunities and Outcomes
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Household food insecurity, rapid food price inflation and the economic downturn

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation Human Sciences Research Council
  • Author(s) Peter T Jacobs
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 5A: Poverty and Household Welfare
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The trajectory of spatial inequalities in South Africa - widening or narrowing?

  • Year 2010
  • Organisation Human Sciences Research Council
  • Author(s) Ivan Turok
  • Countries and Regions South Africa
Session 5A: Poverty and Household Welfare
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