The primary marketing of South African mohair has been the topic of much discussion and it has become a contentious issue since producer prices became unusually unstable, producer returns increasingly uncertain, and production consequently began declining. This dissertation has aimed to...

This study was undertaken to investigate the major reasons behind the use of informalfinancial services by middle and high-income individuals in South Africa with specificreference to rotational savings and credit associations, locally known as stokvels. The ultimate aim was to recommend ways in...

Access to loans and credit facilities has been, and still is, a major problem for a large portion of the South African society. The problem is particularly significant in the disadvantaged and rural areas where the majority of people do not have access to formal banking services. Against this...

The importance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) is increasingly being recognized in many countries including South Africa after many years of market domination by large enterprises. Several initiatives are now being taken in South Africa to redress past discrimination and improve MSE...

Access to adequate and nutritionally balanced food to achieve a productive and healthy life for all individuals, on a daily basis, has been an elusive challenge in several parts of the world. In many developing countries such as Botswana, increasing per capita food consumption has been hampered...

The approach to development finance and sound financial policies are crucial aspects that impact on the success of any development finance institution (DFI). The success of a DFI is measured on the basis of its ability to operate with as little financial dependency on external sources or none at...

A few vertically integrated retail chains increasingly dominate South Africas agro-food supply chain. M+M Planet Retail (2004) placed the market concentration among retailers to be as high as 96% for the top four chains leaving only 4% to the small competitors. The onset of this trend has led to...

This study investigates the extent of employment opportunities and patterns in the hospitality industry of Swaziland. Unemployment is a universal problem with which the political leadership of almost every country has to wrestle. Swaziland is a developing country faced with high unemployment,...

Economic valuation of the Okavango Delta can support decision making in a complex socio-economic environment in which economic development depends on a deep understanding of the value of biodiversity. The use of a natural resource accounting framework in determining the value of goods and...

This study develops the structure and closure of an econometric regime-switching model within a partial equilibrium framework that has the ability to generate reliable estimates and projections of endogenous variables under market-switching regimes. Models used in policy evaluation usually...