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Access to formal banking services in the SADC, 200-2009

open access: yesJournal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2015
Access to basic financial services is one possible path leading to a better life for the poor. This is endorsed by SADC governments, and various strategies were in the past decade implemented to advance financial access.
Andrie Schoombee
doaj   +1 more source

Anti‐Globalization Dynamics and Africa's Structural Transformation: Identifying Avoidable Environmental Degradation Thresholds

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study pursues a dual objective. First, it investigates the unconditional impact of anti‐globalization on structural transformation in Africa. Second, it explores how environmental degradation interacts with anti‐globalization to influence structural transformation. The analysis focuses on 52 African countries over the period 2005–2023. To
Simplice A. Asongu, Ekene ThankGod Emeka
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Institutional Quality on Income Inequality in Southern African Development Community (SADC) Countries

open access: yesJournal of Economics Education and Entrepreneurship
The study seeks to assess the impact of institutional quality on income inequality in SADC countries from 1980 to 2020 using the pooled mean group (PMG) estimation technique.
Dorcas Gonese   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regional integration in SADC: the role of BRICS countries

open access: yes, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of bilateral BRICS-SADC trade connections on SADC's regional economic integration. The issues that were explored included among others whether or not the SADC countries' trade relations with BRICS countries contribute to SADC's goal of promoting deeper regional economic integration.
openaire   +2 more sources

Impact of Technological Innovation, Environmental Policy, and Policy Inclusion on Renewable Energy Adoption in Sub‐Sahara Africa

open access: yesThunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the factors influencing renewable energy consumption and renewable electricity in Sub‐Sahara Africa (SSA) using the Lewbel 2SLS approach, panel quantile regression and Driscoll and Kraay estimator. It focuses on a panel dataset covering 41 countries from 1998 to 2020.
Emmanuel K. Manu, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

Legislative landscape for traditional health practitioners in Southern African development community countries: a scoping review

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2020
Background and objectives Globally, contemporary legislation surrounding traditional health practitioners (THPs) is limited. This is also true for the member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Amber Louise Abrams   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
wiley   +1 more source

No. 03: International Migration, Immigrant Entrepreneurs and South Africa’s Small Enterprise Economy [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Since 1990 there has been a growing movement of foreign migrants and refugees to South Africa. The migrants have come primarily from South Africa’s traditional supply areas, including many Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries.
Rogerson, Christian M.
core   +1 more source

Analysis of Trade Creation and Trade Diversion Effects Between Korea and South/North Asia

open access: yesAsian-Pacific Economic Literature, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Korea has established various policies to expand trade between Southern Asia and Northern Asia, and an analysis of the impact of these policies is required. Hence, this study used a gravity model to estimate the impact of trade creation and diversion effects on Southern and Northern Asia, focusing on their trade relationships with Korea.
Byung Min Soon, Sumin Cho, Jinhyoung Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Financial sector development and economic growth in the Southern African Development Community region

open access: yesJournal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2019
Orientation: The relationship between financial sector development and economic growth has been the subject of intense debate for some time. The debate has received substantial attention in both empirical and theoretical literature and remains ...
Sanderson Abel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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