Preface -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction: Migration to South Africa: Regional Challenges versus National instruments and Interests -- 1. Reforming South African Immigration Policy in the Postapartheid Period (1990-2010) -- 2. The Role of Skilled...

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This study focuses on the local and regional impact of large-scale gold mining in Africa in the context of a mineral boom in the region since 2000. It contributes to filling a gap in the literature on the welfare effects of mineral resources, which, until now, has concentrated more on the...

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