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The Neocolonial Tightening of CITES: How Northern Narratives Marginalize Southern Conservation

open access: yesConservation Letters, Volume 19, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT CITES has demonstrated a persistent trend of regulatory tightening over five decades, raising critical questions about both equity and effectiveness in global conservation governance. This study examines how structural power imbalances and dominant Northern narratives within the Convention have systematically marginalized pluralistic ...
Youmin Lian, Md. Ziaul Islam
wiley   +1 more source

Heterogeneous effects of real effective exchange rates on agricultural exports

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
Background: Enhancing South Africa-Southern African Development Community (SADC) intra-regional trade can strengthen economic connections, foster shared growth, and lessen reliance on external market shocks.
Tselane C. Nthebe, Teboho J. Mosikari
doaj   +1 more source

No. 18: The Draft Protocol on the Facilitation of Movement of Persons in SADC: Implications for State Parties [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The migration of persons across international boundaries in search of better opportunities or as a result of war, conflict and political instability has risen substantially over the years. The UN Population Division estimates that there are currently 175
Carr, Lizzie, Williams, Vincent
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Quality Infrastructure for Resilient Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in Ethiopia: A Comparative Archival Review

open access: yesJournal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT The National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) in a given country provides the essential framework for quality assurance integrating standardization, metrology, accreditation, and conformity assessment to create the technical backbone for industry and trade. Hence, building a resilient NQI is fundamental to securing medicine quality, enabling local
Addisu Afrassa Tegegne   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on the Inter-State Transfer of Sentenced Offenders (2019): Highlighting Potential Contentious Human Rights Issues [PDF]

open access: yesMajallah-i Huqūqī-i Biyn/al-milalī-i
Many SADC countries host foreign offenders in their prisons. One of the measures adopted by these countries to deal with this challenge is to transfer the foreign offenders to serve part(s) of their sentences in their respective countries.
Jamil Mujuzi
doaj   +1 more source

Is geothermal and biomass energy a better alternative for seven renewable energy courteous countries: Evidence from Fourier ARDL, Fourier Bootstrap Toda‐Yamamoto and wavelet coherence

open access: yesEnvironmental Progress &Sustainable Energy, Volume 44, Issue 6, November/December 2025.
Abstract This study examines geothermal and biomass energy as cleaner alternatives in seven renewable‐focused countries in the context of sustainable development and global carbon‐neutrality objectives. Geothermal power provides significant emission reductions, with facilities around 99% less CO2 and 97% less SO2 compared to equivalent fossil‐fuel ...
Shweta Kumari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Digitalization Increase Economic Growth? Evidence from SADC Countries

open access: yesManaging Global Transitions
The fourth industrial revolution has contributed significantly towards the growing global technological transfers that enhance productivity, employment and standard of living. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has undeniably disrupted lives globally; however, it enhanced technological transformation by causing an abrupt shift towards digital ...
Simbarashe Mhaka, Lovemore Taonezvi
openaire   +2 more sources

Divided Diasporas: Southern Africans in Canada [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The protracted economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe led directly to a major increase in mixed migration flows to South Africa. Migrants were drawn from every sector of society, all education and skill levels, equal numbers of both sexes, and all ...
Caesar, Mary   +6 more
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TERRITORIALIZING POWER: The Politics of Presidential Projects in Antananarivo, Madagascar

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 49, Issue 6, Page 1378-1398, November 2025.
Abstract Large‐scale infrastructure projects have become a defining feature of African urbanism. The study of the surge in infrastructure investments has largely been conducted against the backdrop of a purported ‘neoliberal global modernity’ in which cities compete to attract international investments.
Fanny Voélin, Lars Buur
wiley   +1 more source

Is Macroeconomic Policy Convergence necessary for a Sustainable SADC Free Trade Area? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This policy brief is a shortened version of DPRU Working Paper 00/039, Macroeconomic policy and trade integration in Southern Africa, by Charles ...
Harvey, Charles
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