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 ...
Increasingly remittances now constitute a great source of foreign currency inflows for many developing countries. In some instances remittances have outpaced the growth of foreign direct investment (FDI). Amongst others, ...
This study examines the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on remittances for industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on three ...
The paper attempts to elaborate on the revenue-raising capabilities (economic efficiency and viability) of a value-added tax (VAT) system, particularly in developing countries. The analysis concentrates on the effect of a ...
Foreign aid as an economic policy was previously widely accepted as a way to assist least
developed economies to achieve economic growth. Over the years, aid effectiveness has
been questioned, whilst aid dependency has ...