South Africa and Governance
- Capital:
Pretoria - Population:
49000000 - Size:
1219912.0 Km2
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- Does the basic income grant address the need for social security reform in South Africa?
- M. Samson; O. Babson; C. Haarmann; G. Kathi; K. MacQueneand; I. van Niekerk; D. Haarmann / Economic Policy Research Institute, South Africa, 2002
- This paper reviews several research papers that address social security reform in South Africa, with an emphasis on the proposal for the basic income grant. It argues that there are three mechanisms through which the basic income gran...
- The negative impact of South Africa's number one corporate environmentalism exhibit at WSSD
- B. Ashe / Corporate Watch, 2002
- Eskom will be South Africa's number one Corporate Environmentalism Exhibit, during the Johannesburg World Summit on Sustainable Development, despite having contravened two of the Global Compact principles. The author details th...
- Review of the Africa's economic performance and near-term prospects.
- UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2002
- How did Africa’s economy perform in the global economic downturn of 2001? Africa was the only developing region to see faster growth in 2001 due to Changing commodity prices which provided mixed blessing...
- Most African NGOs rely too heavily on their founders and have limited accountability to donors and beneficiaries
- Centre for African Family Studies, Kenya, 2002
- Results of study commissioned by the Centre for African Family Studies and the Task Force on NGO Partnerships to examine the classification, leadership, governance and management of NGOs in Africa. This exploratory study was carried o...
- Tax rates in Brazil and South Africa
- M. Moore; E.S. Lieberman / Governance and Development Review, IDS, 2002
- Brazil and South Africa have much in common. In particular, they are both large middle income countries with very high levels of income inequality where whites historically have dominated over blacks. They differ markedly in te...
- A new approach is needed to tackle xenophobia in South Africa
- Southern African Migration Project, 2001
- This paper first examines various reports and studies which made the claims about growing xenophobia in the mid-1990s, presents an overview of the findings of public opinion surveys conducted from1997-2000 and draws some policy implic...
- Agri-tourism to boost economic growth in South Africa
- T. Kepe; L. Ntsebeza; L. Pithers / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 2001
- This paper examines an attempt to kick-start economic growth through the promotion of agriculture and tourism in an mpoverished rural region of South Africa. It analyses the Spatial Development Initiatives (SDIs) being implemented by ...
- The Lesotho Highland Water Development Project: what went wrong? (or, rather: what went right? For whom?)
- L. Pottinger / International Rivers Network, 2000
- This article takes a critical look at the discussion regarding 19 corporate and individuals accused of bribing a top official in the Lesotho Highlands Water Project in order to gain project contracts. The aim of the article is ...
- Contracting for devolved primary health care delivery in South Africa
- D. McCoy; E. Buch; N. Palmer / Health Systems Trust, South Africa, 2000
- The devolution of primary health care delivery to local government means that intergovernmental relations are emerging as a critical issue in the transformation of South Africa’s health system. The role of contracts or service a...
- Determinants of educational achievement and attainment in Africa: findings from nine case studies
- R.G. Ridker / Africa Bureau Information Center, USAID, 1997
- This paper presents an overview and discussion of nine studies that attempt to explain educational achievement, attainment, and participation in different African countries. Available information on school, household, child, and commu...
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