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Institutional roles in moderating energy-led growth in African Regional Economic Communities

open access: yesAcademia Green Energy
This study examines how institutional factors shaped the link between energy consumption and economic growth across eight African Regional Economic Communities: Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), Common ...
Musa Ilias Biala   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation planning for priority crop wild relatives in the SADC region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The brief summarizes the results of the crop wild relative checklist development, its prioritization, projected impact of climate change on the distribution of priority CWR, and the identification of in situ conservation sites in the Southern African ...
Bioversity International   +1 more
core   +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

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

In search of inflation limits for financial sector development in ECOWAS and SADC regions: A panel smooth transition analysis

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance, 2020
This study investigates a comparative study on the threshold effects of inflation on financial sector development (FSD) between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) for the period ...
Sulemana Mahawiya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Brain Drain and Productivity Growth: Evidence From South Africa, 1947–2019

open access: yesEconomics of Transition and Institutional Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper provides empirical evidence of how high‐level human capital outflow could affect TFP‐based economic development and vice versa. The concern of potential endogeneity between brain drain and economic development is addressed directly.
Johannes Fedderke, Xiaodi Dong
wiley   +1 more source

SECURITY CO-OPERATION IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY: INSIGHTS FROM THE NEW INSTITUTIONALISM

open access: yesScientia Militaria, 2011
This article focuses on the institutional dimensions of security cooperationas it manifests in the Southern African Development Community(SADC). As the quotations above suggest, security co-operation, as part of a biggerproject of regional integration ...
Anthoni Van Nieuwkerk
doaj   +1 more source

Regional Trade Integration in Southern Africa: Critical Policy Issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The aim of this paper is to highlight key issues arising from regional trade integration in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) as well as the concomitant policies required to facilitate the trade process.
Kalenga, Paul
core  

Backlash Against International Courts in West, East and Southern Africa: Causes and Consequences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper discusses three credible attempts by African governments to restrict the jurisdiction of three similarly-situated sub-regional courts in response to politically controversial rulings. In West Africa, when the ECOWAS Court upheld allegations of
Alter, Karen J.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

A review of topsoil governance for mining and agriculture in South Africa and abroad

open access: yesRestoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Topsoil is taken for granted as the dirt under our feet. Yet, humanity hinges on 15 cm of topsoil. As with potable water, topsoil is a natural resource we depend on daily. This review examines the chronological development of topsoil conservation through the governance of legal and other instruments since 1701. It highlights how topsoil is defined, its
Chrizette D. Neethling   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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