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    African Economic Outlook 2003/2004

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2004
    The third edition of the African Economic Outlook assesses recent economic changes and likely evolutions and challenges on the continent.
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    Enhancing the competitiveness and productivity of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Africa: an analysis of differential roles of national governments through improved support services

    Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa, 2002
    This paper studies the role of small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in African development, the constraints that currently hamper their ability to fulfil this role, and measures which could enhance their competitiveness and effectiveness.
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    Government spending on children in MTEF 2004/05: spotlighting social development programmes

    Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2004
    This brief focuses on child specific government programmes financed and administered by the provincial social development departments within the South African government.
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    Availability, access and usability of land for urban agriculture

    RUAF Urban Agriculture Magazine, 2003
    The report by the Urban Agriculture Magazine draws on numerous case studies from around the world in discussing issues of availability, access and usability of land for urban agriculture.Rapid urbanisation has lead to an increasing demand for urban agricultural land.
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    Budgeting for HIV/AIDS in South Africa

    Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2003
    This report from IDASA's Budget Information Service analyses budget allocations and funding flows from the national fiscus for HIV/AIDS interventions. It investigates the best way to deliver funds to the provinces of South Africa to tackle HIV/AIDS.
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    The use of "asset swaps" by institutional investors in South Africa

    World Bank, 2003
    Developing countries’ restrictions on international investment are designed to protect foreign exchange reserves and limit capital flight, but also have the effect of preventing institutional investors such as pension funds and insurance companies from diversifying their country risk.This paper argues that for developing countries, asset swaps, whereby institutional investors agree to swap the
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    Land theme paper (sustainable livelihoods)

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2000
    This paper examines the challenges of institutional, organisational and policy reform around land in Southern Africa. It analyses the land situation in South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, and identifies key issues for further research in each of these countries. Findings include:
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    The currency premium and local-currency denominated debt costs in South Africa

    OECD Development Centre, 2004
    This paper aims at identifying the determinants of South African currency premia, which usually form an important element of debt cost in developing countries, in order to assess the scope of South African economic policies for narrowing the spread on local-currency denominated debt.The paper argues that South Africa is one among very few emerging economies able to borrow long-term domestically
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    Transforming roles but not reality? Private sector and community involvement in tourism and forestry development on the Wild Coast, South Africa

    Environment Team, IDS Sussex, 2003
    This paper reviews the changing roles of private sector and local residents in tourism and forestry development, looking both at what is envisaged in policies and plans, and what is emerging, taking the Wild Coast, South Africa as a case study.Main findings include:policy attention is focusing on wilderness, tourism, and forestry assets as opportunities for investment led economic growt
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    Private sector participation in water supply: too fast, too soon?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
    Is water privatisation being over-promoted? Is private sector participation (PSP) in its current forms likely to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to provide the poor with reliable, affordable and sustainable, safe drinking water? How do members of poor communities affected by the process judge PSP? 

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