Foreign Direct Investment and Trade in the Southern African Development Community [PDF]
We use a modified gravity model to estimate the relationship between trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Bezuidenhout, Henri, Naude, Wim
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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
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South Africa’s «Quiet Diplomacy» and the crisis in Zimbabwe
The Southern African Development Community (SADC), once perceived to be a potential bulwark of solidarity on regional security and emerging democratic politics, is divided as never before.
Chris Alden
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The pros and cons of subsidiarity: The role of African regional and subregional organisations in ensuring peace and security in Africa [PDF]
The paper critically analyses the emerging international norm of subsidiarity according to which “Africa are responsible for African conflicts”, which is found to be a possible justification for “buck-passing” on the part of the West, leaving the ...
Møller, Bjørn
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Climate and southern Africa's water-energy-food nexus [PDF]
In southern Africa, the connections between climate and the water-energy-food nexus are strong. Physical and socioeconomic exposure to climate is high in many areas and in crucial economic sectors. Spatial interdependence is also high, driven for example,
A Calzadilla +75 more
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TERRITORIALIZING POWER: The Politics of Presidential Projects in Antananarivo, Madagascar
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
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Inflation, Indebtedness and Human Development: Panel Evidence From Southern Africa
While it is hypothesised that inflation and external debt stifle human development, empirical findings on this relationship have been equivocal. This study investigated the impact of inflation and external debt on human development (proxied by the Human ...
Tamisai Chipunza +3 more
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No. 18: The Draft Protocol on the Facilitation of Movement of Persons in SADC: Implications for State Parties [PDF]
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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Challenges of transfrontier conservation areas: Natural resources nationalism, security and regionalism in the southern African development community region [PDF]
Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) initiatives in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region offer hope for providing a mechanism for resolving political tensions and conflicts which are not only related to environmental issues but to
Oswell Rusinga , Jemitias Mapira
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National strategic plan for the conservation and use of priority crop wild relatives in Zambia [PDF]
The leaflet provides a summary of the major results achieved in Zambia within the project: In Situ Conservation and Use of Crop Wild Relatives in three ACP countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region (2014 - 2016), in particular
Bioversity International +2 more
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