Most countries, including the ones in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), have been facing
pressure to increase the stringency of bank regulation since the aftermath of the
2007-2008 global financial crisis. Therefore, this study ...
Increased world trade has enhanced competition between manufacturers globally across countries. However, over the past 20 years, the manufacturing industry's share in South Africa's GDP, employment, and exports has been ...
In this study, the causal relationship between remittances, fertility and unemployment in South Africa is re-examined using annual data from 1990 to 2020. The study was motivated by the need to reconsider the nature of ...
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 ...
Corporate tax systems of developing countries can potentially be contributors or impediments to their economic development. This is especially relevant for Southern Africa and, as such, the Southern African Development ...
Attempts to redress the dispossession of native South Africans from their land by colonialists have had many setbacks mainly as a result of inadequate post-settlement support to beneficiary farmers. Despite the implementation ...
Due to Ethiopia’s youth bulge and the formal economy’s inability to accommodate new job entrants, the youth of income-earning ages are compelled to work in the informal sector. The main purpose of this study was to examine ...
The study examined factors that influence credit extension to the private sector in South Africa between 1990 and 2021. Over the past two decades, South Africa has experienced changes in macroeconomic conditions and ...
The study investigated the effect of value-added tax on economic growth in South Africa using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds tests approach for cointegration for the period 1991 to 2020. The results of ...
The young African adult population, particularly in Lephalale and South Africa, is a significant demographic group with substantial purchasing power, therefore holding great potential for future economic growth. The study ...
The study examined the macroeconomic determinants of domestic private investment in South Africa, Botswana and Malawi for the period from 1980 to 2018, as well as the causal relationship between domestic private investment ...
Studies explaining international the impacts of regional trade agreements (RTAs) on trade flows in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are sparse. The available research indicates that inter-regional trade in SSA is limited because ...
Rural poverty, underemployment and labour migration have continued to increase in
recent years, reinforcing the importance of non-farm economic activities for rural
households. Rural non-farm activities are an important ...
South Africa is a country that depends heavily on coal to produce energy. With the global outcry
to address climate change challenges, a shift to renewable energy sources is critical. The change
from large carbon ...
Considerable progress has been made globally with regard to the poverty question. The greatest reduction in poverty has been in China where millions have been moved out of poverty and this has been due to China’s impressive ...
The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on employment in Nigeria from 1970 to 2018. Globalization has encouraged FDI flows, and this has enhanced economic growth and ...
This article investigates silver price as a fluctuating commodity price since the financial crisis of 2007-2009. In this regard, a structural vector autoregression (VAR) was applied to observe the sensitivity of the silver ...
The cost of quality consists of cost of conformance and cost of non-conformance referred
to as cost of poor quality. To simplify, cost of quality equals to cost of conformance plus
cost of poor quality and in this study ...
This paper assesses the role of financial inclusion in moderating the incidence of entrepreneurship on energy poverty in Ghana. The assessment is made by using pooled data and two stage least squares. The exposition builds ...
The purpose of this study is to complement extant literature by examining how mobile money innovations can moderate the unfavorable incidence of female unemployment on female doing of business in 44 countries from sub-Saharan ...