South Africa and Globalisation
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- Discrimination and sustainable livelihoods in South African cities
- L. Landau / Southern African Migration Project, 2005
- This document explores the challenges that discrimination based on nationality or country of origin poses for the sustainable development of South African cities. Migration and urbanisation have created tensions among residents of Sou...
- What’s the matter with African industry?
- Peter Lawrence / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- The share of manufacturing output generated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has remained persistently low for several decades – a mere 0.8 percent of the world’s total. Industrialisation strategies after independence aimed at su...
- Impact of China’s export boom on Africa
- R. Kaplinsky; M. Morris / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006
- This report examines the impact that China’s booming export industry is having on the textile and furniture exports and jobs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The report finds that: China’s economic expansio...
- Guide for sending money back to South Africa
- Sending Money Home?, 2006
- This site and accompanying leaflet is aimed at people wanting to send money to South Africa from the UK. They aim to help non-resident workers to compare financial services and choose the right deal by providing a range of products an...
- What are the links between female migrancy, work, health, and HIV/AIDS in the lives of domestic workers in Johannesburg?
- S. Peberdy; N. Dinat / Southern African Migration Project, 2005
- This study explores the links between female migrancy, work, health and HIV/AIDS in the lives of domestic workers living in Johannesburg, as well as the implications for domestic workers and health service providers. In addition, the ...
- South African migration department's negative reputation unjustified -but still room for improvement
- Y.D. Davids; K. Lefko-Everett; V. Williams / Southern African Migration Project, 2005
- In response to critiques against the The South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) for administrative inefficiency, poor service delivery and corruption, the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP) proposed the Service Quality ...
- Combating the "brain drain" of healthcare professionals from developing countries
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005
- This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) outlines actions that are being taken to combat the problem of developing countries losing healthcare professionals through migration to wealthier countries. The loss of trained hea...
- The policy implications of the global movement of nursing staff from poor to rich countries
- J. Buchan; T. Parkin; J. Sochalski / World Health Organization, 2003
- This report from the World Health Organization (WHO) examines the trends and policy implications of nurses moving from the developing world to work in wealthier countries. The focus is on a number of destination countries (Australia, ...
- Jobs, not migration control are the solution to urban poverty
- C. Cross; P. Kok; M. Wentzel; K Tlabela; G. Weir-Smith; J. Mafukidze / Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2005
- It is widely assumed that rural migrants arriving in South Africa’s cities create areas with a high concentration of poverty. This paper looks at the characteristics of urban areas which can be designated as poverty pockets –...
- Local management of health services needed to address international migration of health workers
- D. Sanders; B. Lloyd / Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2005
- This chapter, from the South African Health Review 2005, reviews human resources for health in South Africa from an international perspective. It highlights the vast inequities in global and regional distribution of health workers and...
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