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Impact of foreign direct investment on agricultural production and exports of SADC countries

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
This study investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on agricultural production and exports in selected Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries over the period 2001–2021, employing a mixed-effects model.
Joshua Mabeta, Luboš Smutka, Tomáš Mrkvička   +2 more
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A Nation of Disasters: Lessons on Systemic Risks and Cascading Impacts From Malawi's COVID-19 Experience. [PDF]

Risk Anal
ABSTRACT The COVID‐19 pandemic exposed the cascading and systemic nature of risks, in low‐income, multi‐hazard contexts such as Malawi, where pre‐existing vulnerabilities amplified impacts across health, economic, and social systems. This study draws on qualitative data from stakeholder workshops and key informant interviews, triangulated with national
Kita SM, Sparkes E, Cotti D, Hagenlocher M.   +3 more
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The Extractive Industry's Impact on Economic Growth in SADC Countries [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries are rich in natural resources and in most of them their extractive industries extract and export natural resources with little industrial processing. This study analyzes the direct and indirect impacts that the extractive industries in the SADC countries have on their economic growth.
Nhabinde, Simeão, Heshmati, Almas
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Starving for Data: Eating Disorders Prevalence and Research Gaps in Southern Africa. [PDF]

Int J Eat Disord
ABSTRACT Objective Studies reporting prevalence estimates of eating disorders in Southern Africa are scarce. To fill this gap, the present Research Forum reviews existing literature on the prevalence of eating disorders, including as assessed by clinical interviews, screeners, and self‐reported behaviors, among individuals in Southern Africa.
Melisse B, Bijsterbosch JM, Sternheim L.
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Energy consumption, technological innovation, and environmental degradation in SADC countries

Cogent Social Sciences
This study investigates the relationship between energy consumption, technological innovation, and environmental degradation in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. With a focus on understanding the driving forces behind environmental
Kin Sibanda, Siyakudumisa Takentsi, Dorcas Gonese   +2 more
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The Economic Impact of EPAs in SADC Countries [PDF]

WTO Working Papers, 2005
The Cotonou Agreement introduces new fundamental principles with respect to trade between the European Union (EU) and African, Carribean and Pacific (ACP) countries relative to the Lome Convention: in particular, negotiations on the basis of different regional groupings and reciprocity are now important pillars of EU ACP co-operation.
Keck, Alexander, Piermartini, Roberta
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Regional Security Integration in the SADC Region

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2023
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is one of Africa’s most vivid examples of security integration. As the regional group aspires to promote political and economic independence, peace and security are considered indispensable for ...
Chimuka Singuwa, Gabriel Honrada
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Progress towards unique patient identification and case-based surveillance within the Southern African development community

Health Informatics Journal, 2023
Population mobility makes patient-tracking and care linkage in the South African Development Community (SADC) challenging. Case-based surveillance (CBS) through individual-level clinical data linked with a unique patient-identifier (UPI) is recommended ...
Kerensa Govender, Lawrence Long, Jacqui Miot   +2 more
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Decomposing socio-economic inequalities in antenatal care utilisation in 12 Southern African Development Community countries

SSM: Population Health, 2022
Although many countries are making progress towards achieving the global sustainable development goals, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) lags behind. SSA bears a relatively higher burden of maternal morbidity and mortality than other regions despite existing ...
Keolebogile M. Selebano, John E. Ataguba
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Alternatives to Expedite Macroeconomic Convergence of the SADC Countries [PDF]

International Advances in Economic Research, 2008
Countries comprising of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region show satisfactory progress with the achievement of the region’s macroeconomic convergence goals. Five countries achieved all four goals set for 2008 already in 2006; five achieved three of the goals and the other four achieved two goals.
Rossouw, Jannie, Fourie, Johan
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