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"Remittances by migrants are now a focus of attention of governments and development agencies worldwide. Globally, cash remittances by international migrants now exceed $250 billion per annum, easily outweighing the value of development assistance.…
Jonathan Crush
Thuso Green
Wade Pendleton
Eugene Campbell
Thokozani Simelane
Daniel S. Tevera
Fion de Vletter
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"Migrant remittances have become an important source of income for many developing countries, exceeding official development assistance. As a result, migration and remittance behaviour are becoming a growing focus of international attention. Under…
Belinda Dodson
Thokozani Simelane
Daniel S. Tevera
Thuso Green
Abel Chikanda
Fion de Vletter
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"The discussion has shown that there are many key areas relating to the role of the state and growth where there is broad agreement and a strong commitment to take action and find solutions. Almost all the participants agreed that: Levels of poverty…
Stefan Schirmer, Dr
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"Migrant remittances are now recognised as an important source of global development finance and there is increasing evidence that international remittances have considerable developmental impacts. The contribution of remittances to GDP in many dev…
Daniel S. Tevera
Abel Chikanda
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"Lesotho is one of the most migration dependent countries in the world. Migrant remittances are the country’s major source of foreign exchange, accounting for 25% of GDP in 2006. Lesotho is also one of the poorest countries in the world due to high…
Jonathan Crush
Belinda Dodson
John Gay
Thuso Green
Clement Leduka
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Goldsmith commented that all the issues discussed in the review were basically focused on the following principles: safe streets, strong neighbourhoods, and a thriving economy. The organising principle was competition - described as the engine that …
Robin Lee, Dr
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"This report reviews recent South African and international research on entrepreneurship. The research confirms that entrepreneurship plays a key role in economic development. In line with this, many government planners, journalists, academics, civi…
Sandy Johnston, Dr
Jeff McCarthy, Dr
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"This report begins with summaries of the lead presentations, and then goes on to capture the main themes that emerged from the discussions.The Round Table helped to clarify a number of important issues surrounding AsgiSA. Most importantly, it hig…
Stefan Schirmer, Dr
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"South Africa still lags behind its developing country peers in creating sustainable and employment-creating small businesses. What can we learn from others? A key lesson from successful and dynamic economies is the importance for small businesses o…
Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE)
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This paper focuses on the agreement and development of relations between South Africa and the European Union. The EU has offered a multi-level trade and development package to South Africa to reinforce trade ties. The options for trade partners is …
Robin Birchall
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This paper contains two articles based on recent visits to China. The first article looks in turn at Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China, and concludes that China will change, economically at first, then politically. Economic forces will draw Taiwa…
Colin Eglin
Ebbe Domisse
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This background briefing describes recent developments in Tanzania in light of the general election in 1980, which hinged upon the prevailing economic malaise within the country. This has been accompanied by an expanding bureaucracy. Against this ba…
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
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This SADC Barometer contains the following articles: Addressing poverty on a global scale. Achieving the millennium development goals in SADC. This article provides an overview of where countries in the sub-region stand, as well as reflects on th…
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
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Debates about development in the regional context invariably contain specific or implicit references to increased trade. Within the context of Nepad, the argument is also for more trade, rather than aid. So what have the countries of Southern …
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
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This international update concerns the renewal of the OAU. Since achieving its primary objective - democratisation in South Africa - the organisation has searched for a new vision and did so successfully by adopting the objectives of economic integr…
Cedric De Coning
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This international update describes the achievements of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The organisation has reinvented itself to deal with changes in the region since the end of apartheid. Much of the cynicism about SADC stems fr…
James Sidaway, Dr
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This background briefing describes the situation in Zimbabwe with regard to the socialist politics of Prime Minister Mugabe, whose scientific socialism is moderated by practical constraints like the role of the Politburo and the upcoming elections, …
Michael Spicer
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"This monograph looks at key shifts that will determine the future of Africa in the world. The first four ‘megatrends’constitute those external developments that will impact upon Africa and over which it has little control, namely the global shift o…
Jakkie (Jacobus Kamfer) Cilliers, Dr
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This edition of the Bulletin contains the texts of five papers presented at a conference on "South Africa and its Neighbours: Policy Questions for the 1980V. The first article by Robert Legvold discusses the threat that the Soviet Union holds for …
South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA)
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"Before the recent global economic crisis, African countries experienced one of the longest periods of economic expansion. Although Africa weathered the crisis much better than many other regions, its economies remain fragile and daunted by the c…
Ernest Aryeetey
Emmanuel Asmah
Mwangi S. Kimenyi
Zenia A. Lewis
John Mukum Mbaku
Neipher Moyo
John Mutenyo
John Page
Ezra S. Suruma
Olumide Taiwo
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