The increasing level of government debt continues to be one of the most contestable topics since the great recession due to its effect on growth; however, a consensus is yet to be achieved on the topic. The current study ...
While state-owned enterprises play an instrumental role in economic development,
they are a significant fiscal risk to the state. This occurs through state-guaranteed
loans that have more lax credit monitoring, and soft ...
One of the challenges that South Africa has been facing lately is the high level of household debt. Since the dramatic drop from 12 to 5.5 percent in 2008, interest rates have been on a constant hiking cycle (SARB, 2015). ...
The main purpose of this study is to empirically assess the relationship between inflation
and economic growth in Ethiopia using quarterly dataset from 1992Q1 to 2010Q4. In
doing so, an interesting policy issue arises. ...
This thesis examines the relationship of monetary policy and investment in a theoretical framework in which monetary and real economic forces are intrinsically interlinked. The full shift from a money, real dichotomy in ...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is crucial for developing countries in order to boost economic growth. Therefore, maintaining a favourable investment climate should be a priority goal for governments in these economies, ...
The focus of the study was to investigate the relationship between liquidity risk, financial leverage and firm’s financial performance with evidence from top-40 JSE firms. Despite the existing literature on the topic, no ...
South African municipalities are experiencing a deterioration in municipal financial performance in addition to proliferated unlawful expenditure. Good municipal financial performance is imperative for social development ...
Efficient working capital management is an integral component of the overall corporate strategy to create shareholders’ wealth. This paper seeks to extend findings regarding the relationship between working capital management ...
This study aimed to examine the relationship between working capital management and the financial performance of listed food and beverage companies in South Africa. Despite the existing literature on this relationship, no ...
This paper investigates the nexus between public debt and economic growth by testing both the impact of aggregate public debt on economic growth, as well as the relative impact of domestic and foreign public debt on economic ...
This paper investigates the debt-growth nexus by testing both the impact of aggregate public debt on economic growth, and the relative impact of domestic and foreign public debt on economic growth using South Africa as the ...
The study has empirically examined the relative impact of public and private investment on economic growth and has also tested the crowding in or crowding out effect of public investment on private investment in four ...
This study investigates the causal relationship between remittance and poverty in Botswana using time series data from 1980-2017. To improve the robustness of the results, two poverty proxies are used, namely: household ...
This study investigated the impact of remittances on the nominal exchange rate in Kenya, using annual time series data from 1980 to 2020. The study was motivated by the need to find out how remittances affect the exchange ...
In this study, we investigate the impact of remittance inflows on poverty reduction in South Africa, using
time series data from 1980 to 2017. The main objective of this study is to establish if South Africa can
harness ...
This study investigates the causal relationship between remittances (remittance inflows) and poverty in Botswana. Time series data is utilised from 1980-2017. To improve the robustness of the results, two poverty proxies ...
The study examined the causal flow between economic growth, poverty, and remittances in Tanzania, using annual data from 1990 to 2020. Tanzania is working to achieve the policy targets set in its Vision 2025, and the ...
In this paper, we have empirically examined the impact of remittances on economic growth in South Africa over the period from 1970-2017. The study was motivated by the conflicting empirical findings that have emerged in ...
This research assesses the relevance of enhancing remittances on value added across economic sectors in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1980 to 2014 using the Generalised Method of Moments. First, no significant net ...