ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The thesis employs satellite imagery to measure the impacts of land rights- in data-scarce sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). SSA governments are politically and financially constrained to provide objective and ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This thesis investigates the implementation barriers and adoption of maternal health care interventions in Malawi, a sub-Saharan African country with one of the highest maternal mortality rates and most ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: South Africa and Namibia are two of the most unequal countries in the world. These inequalities have very strong and persistent racial and geographic dimensions due to the legacy of colonial and apartheid ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study is primarily motivated by the renewed interest in the effects of fiscal policy on general macroeconomic outcomes and macroeconomic stability since the 2008/09 Global Financial Crisis. In the ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This dissertation generalizes the seminal model of financial contagion by Allen and Gale (2000) to allow an aggregate liquidity demand shock to occur with positive probability. A shock with positive ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As South African policymakers strive to tackle low economic growth, poverty, unemployment, and inequality, the ability to unpack the effects of policy at a firm-level is key to the reformulation of more ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The role of foreign-owned investments in the economic transformation of host economies cannot be overstated. Foreign-owned investments are associated with higher levels of employment; higher mean wages; ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Mobility estimation is a means of quantifying how likely an individual is to improve their socio-economic status. Research concerning mobility has recently seen an upswing, mainly as a result of the rise ...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study of fluid flow and heat transfer through a microchannel is an important research area due to its wide applications in engineering and industrial processes. Some practical applications include ...

ENGLISH SUMMARY : Economic inequality is a pervasive phenomenon that has long been a feature of both developed and developing countries. Such inequality is particularly problematic in developing countries because of its ...