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The measurement of economic development : alternative composite indices
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The success of policies aimed at economic development cannot be monitored
and evaluated without development indicators. These indicators are also crucial in
comparing levels of development across time ...
Falling through the cracks : income security and the South African social security system
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis focuses on the extent to which the South African social security system
succeeds in providing protection in the vulnerable periods of the life-cycle and against
the major contingencies of ...
Employment, earnings and vulnerability in the South African labour market : an empirical investigation based on official survey data
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The welfare challenge that faces South Africa in the post-apartheid period is, at its
core, defined by the high levels of poverty and inequality in the society. The
labour market, as a provider of wages ...
The performance of South African schools : implications for economic development
(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)
ENGLSIH ABSTRACT: At the time of South Africa‟s transition to democracy the school system was envisaged to be a powerful vehicle for nation-building and transformation. The chronic low performance of the South African ...
Uncertainty and private sector response to economic development policy in post-genocide Rwanda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research explored factors underlying successful implementation of development policy. It
applied new institutional economic analysis to policy-making processes viewed from the
theory, methodology ...
Understanding poverty and inequality in Mozambique : the role of education and labour market status
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis deals with poverty and inequality in Mozambique and with the link of education to wellbeing
through the labour market. Earlier studies that analysed well-being in Mozambique drew
counter-intuitive ...
Modelling the ecological-economic impacts of restoring natural capital, with a special focus on water and agriculture, at eight sites in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The restoration of natural capital has ecological, hydrological and economic benefits. Are these benefits greater than the costs of restoration when compared across a range of dissimilar sites? This study ...
n Ondersoek na die arbeidsprobleme vir wynboere in Wes-Kaapland
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1969)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: no abstract available
Education and country growth models
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The over-arching concern of the three parts of the dissertation is how economics can
and should influence education policymaking, the emphasis on the economics side
being models of country development ...
Assessing the validity of the Structure, Conduct and Performance paradigm as theoretical framework for the application of competition policy in the long-term insurance sector of South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the recent past the industrialised world bore witness to staggering growth in the
secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy. In the face of this growth process
economic theory had to confront ...