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Collaborative actions of MICE stakeholders toward sector recovery and resilience Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Refiloe Julia Lekgau, Tembi Maloney Tichaawa
This article examines the collaborative actions taken by key stakeholders in the meetings, incentive travel, conference/convention, and exhibition (MICE) sector of South Africa in enabling sector r...
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Spending reviews’ capacity-building initiatives: Reflections on the experience and methodologies employed Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Mbali Buthelezi
This study aims to reflect on the spending reviews’ capacity-building initiatives undertaken over the years, the experience and methodology employed. It discusses the feedback collected from survey...
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Towards an integrated framework for sustainable sport tourism development in Central Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Siyabulela Nyikana, Tembi Maloney Tichaawa
This study develops an integrated framework for the development of sport tourism, using Cameroon as a case study. A qualitative research approach was used to critically analyse existing sport touri...
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Mothers’ education and childhood anaemia in Uganda Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Faisal Buyinza, Anber Muhammod
This article employs ordered probit to examine the effect mother’s education and other socio-economic and community factors on the prevalence of childhood anaemia in urban and rural areas and sever...
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COVID-19 disruptions and education in South Africa: Two years of evidence Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Gabrielle Wills, Servaas van der Berg
This paper provides an overview of learning losses and altered schooling patterns in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2021). Five major trends emerge from a review of the evidence. T...
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Does instructional leadership drive educational improvement in South Africa? Evidence from Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition analysis Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Dumisani Macdonald Hompashe
Quality school leadership and management are important determinants of teaching and learning quality. According to South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP), principals should provide administ...
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Community-based peer mentorship improves academic performance: Evidence from Makhanda, South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Duke Mwedzi
Despite high rates of education expenditure, South Africa's education system remains sharply unequal and underperforms overall compared to other countries. One approach to addressing education ineq...
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Southern Africa’s post-COVID-19 tourism industry recovery plans: Reality or rhetoric? Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Sylvester O. Ilo, Sonali Das, Felix G. Bello
The adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global tourism industry necessitated several responses from policymakers in order to support the industry’s recovery and post-pandemic growth. So...
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The determinants of labour productivity in the Eastern Cape Province: A sectoral and industry analysis Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Clement Moyo, Syden Mishi, Ronney Ncwadi
The purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of labour productivity in the Eastern Cape. Furthermore, the study estimates the determinant of labour productivity from a sectoral and indu...
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Rethinking South Africa’s household energy poverty through the lens of off-grid energy transition Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Blessings Masuku
South Africa’s has been battling with energy crisis for many years, and with the ongoing power cuts, the nation has been plunged into darkness experienced almost every day in major cities such as J...
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Community-based natural resource management and social exclusion in Zimbabwe Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Vincent Jani, Nigel L. Webb, Anton H. de Wit
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM), which is aimed at ensuring meaningful participation of rural communities in decision-making and promoting sustainable utilisation of natural res...
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Youth Employability programmes in South Africa: Which features work best and for whom? Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Zoheb Khan, Leila Patel, Lauren Graham, Rulof Burger, Gina A. Chowa, Rainier Masa
This article analyses a subset of eight youth employability programmes (YEPs) operating across South Africa using a panel survey of participants. It assesses the features of these YEPs and their li...
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Voting and protest tendencies associated with changes in service delivery Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Tina Fransman, Marisa von Fintel
Existing literature highlights the complexities of the relationship between voting, protest action and service delivery within Southern African democracies. We explore the relationship between thes...
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Unintended consequences of climate change adaptation: African case studies and typologies on pitfalls and windfalls Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Verena Helen van Zyl-Bulitta, Anthony Patt, Shakespear Mudombi, Christo Fabricius
Climate change adaptation concerns mechanisms for responding to local climate change impacts to improve livelihoods of and decrease risks to affected stakeholders. In this article, we present evide...
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Residential relocation and financial wellbeing: Findings from Golden Gardens housing development in Gauteng, South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Koech Cheruiyot
With mega state housing projects needing large land parcels and that are often located in the periphery, this paper investigates what impact relocating residents to Golden Gardens housing developme...
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Patterns and trends in household food security in rural Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Farirai Rusere, Lori Hunter, Mark Collinson, Wayne Twine
This study examines patterns and trends in household food security in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa, from 2010 to 2019. We use data from a household panel nested in the Agincourt...
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Petty corruption experiences and xenophobic violence in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Steven Lawrence Gordon
Past studies have shown that corruption can promote conflict and instability. However, the capacity for corruption to influence anti-immigrant violence has received little academic attention. This ...
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Gender differences in formal wage employment in urban Tanzania Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Kwadwo Opoku, Francisco M.P. Mugizi, Emmanuel Adu Boahen
We use the Tanzania Integrated Labour Force Survey data and a censored bivariate probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment i...
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COVID-19 emergency income grant and food security in Namibia Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Emmanuel Orkoh, Evelina Nghishikomesho Hasholo, Frank Gyimah Sackey, Richard K. Asravor
This paper evaluates the effects of the government's COVID-19 economic stimulus and relief package (emergency/one-off income grant of ND750) on household food security in Namibia during the period ...
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From zero-base budgeting to spending review – achievements and challenges Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Richard Allen, Robert Clifton
This paper traces the development of spending reviews from their origins in a set of budgetary innovations in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s – notably zero-base budgeting (ZBB) and Planni...
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The government wage bill: Employment and compensation trends in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Michael Sachs, Arabo Ewinyu, Olwethu Shedi
ABSTRACT This paper reviews government employment and compensation trends using data derived from the government's payroll. Employment levels and average pay grew strongly in the 2000s, but in the last decade, headcounts have stagnated or fallen, and increases in average pay have been moderate. The distribution of pay between government employees is compressed, especially when compared to income inequalities
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Policy on trial: Participatory vs neo-liberal development Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Charlize Tomaselli, Jacques P. de Wet
ABSTRACT This paper examines the conflict in South African government development policy and law between a people-centred participatory approach and a neoliberal growth-centred approach. In particular, we discuss how this conflict has played out in a series of related court cases from 2021 to 2022. Methodologically, the case study is based on three court judgments with individual fishers, community
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Beliefs and preferences as predictors of prophylactic adherence and lockdown compliance in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Stefano Farolfi, Damien Jourdain, Eric Mungatana, Nicky Nicholls, Marc Willinger, Eleni Yitbarek
Much of the research on behavioural preferences as predictors of compliance with regulations aimed at reducing the transmission of COVID-19 has focused on developed countries, with very little cons...
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Trends in household formation and living alone in South Africa, 1995–2011 Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Amy Thornton
ABSTRACT In South Africa, households were formed at about twice the rate that the population grew be-tween census 1996 and census 2011 and the number of single-person households ballooned by 150%. Reweighted household survey data shows a surge in household formation in the late 1990s was driven by prime-aged and older women and Black African men, likely connected to new freedoms afforded to these groups
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‘It’s a disaster, nobody is coming’: International travel bans’ effect on Cape Town's informal traders Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Alicia Fourie, Derick Blaauw, Vickey De Villiers
The COVID-19 crisis has been one of the most significant events in recent history. Informal traders who depend on a thriving tourist market have been especially vulnerable to COVID-19. The resultan...
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Critical factors for restructuring the education system during the era of the fourth industrial revolution in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 M. M. Mtotywa, M.A. Seabi, Thulani J. Manqele, Smilo P. Ngwenya, Mankodi Moetsi
The study aims to determine factors important in restructuring the education system to meet the skills demand required during the era of the fourth industrial revolution (industry 4.0). The study u...
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Using models to cost government policies and programmes in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Conrad Barberton, Jonathan Carter
ABSTRACT The purpose of costing new and existing government programmes is to mobilise and systematise information to present different options for how to move forward. There has always been a need for such information, and this need will remain, given the imperatives to improve the use of government funds to meet social needs. It is therefore important to build capacity in government to do costing
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Gender analysis of labour force outcomes: Evidence from Cameroon Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Jean C. Kouam, Simplice A. Asongu, Robert Nantchouang, Denis Foretia
The present study contributes to the extant literature by assessing how financial and human developments moderate the incidence of vulnerable female employment on female labour force participation ...
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Remarriage timing and its associated factors among women in rural Malawi Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Emmanuel F. Souza
This study examines the timing of and factors associated with remarriages in rural Malawi after the first marital dissolution. Data come from the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health co...
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COVID-19 and sexual reproductive health service utilisation among women of reproductive age in Zambia Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Million Phiri, Clifford Odimegwu, Harriet Namukoko, Yemi Adewoyin, Simona Simona
Zambia has made improvements in addressing maternal and child health in the past two decades. The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, which could put a strain on the healthcare systems and alter how access...
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Forty years of climate risk research in Zimbabwe – 1980–2021 Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Nqobizitha Dube
Identifying sound strategies to manage climate risks requires understanding complex systems, characterised by; a large number of potential factors that interact; multiple stakeholder constituencies...
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Challenges in the ocean economy of South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Miemie Struwig, Amanda Van den Berg, Nomtha Hadi
This paper shows how four major challenges in the ocean economy is linked to the 15 global challenges and the sectors that are influenced by these challenges. The ocean is becoming a focal point in...
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Water and welfare: Free basic water revisited Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Mike Muller
This paper reviews South Africa’s efforts to realise the right to water from a welfare policy perspective. ‘Free basic water’ (FBW), initially a water sector policy, was later recognised to be part...
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Assessing the relationship between digital divide and citizens’ political participation in Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Gowokani Chijere Chirwa, Laston Petro Manja, Michael Chasukwa, Anthony Gunde, Boniface Dulani, Happy Kayuni, Blessings Chinsinga
The proliferation of access to digital technology has raised remarkable interest regarding its various effects on everyday life, with recent studies largely focusing on financial inclusion. This st...
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Examining the South African labour market during the COVID-19 lockdown period Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Derek Yu, Jade Botha, Moegammad Faeez Nackerdien
This study analysed the 2020 first quarter to 2022 second quarter waves of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) data and all five waves (2020–21) of the National Income Dynamics Study – Coronav...
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On the empirics of microfinance institutions and local economic development in Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Nixon S. Chekenya
The link between finance and growth is a well-researched area, yet this relationship at the local level has received little empirical scrutiny. We trace the operations of Microfinance Institutions ...
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Health expenditure in Botswana: A luxury or a necessity? Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-06-24 Gameli Adika, Narain Sinha
This paper examines the relationship between health expenditure and income in Botswana and its implications for health policy. We employed micro-data drawn from the Household Income and Expenditure...
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Correction Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-06-15
Published in Development Southern Africa (Vol. 40, No. 5, 2023)
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Community perceptions on the impacts of Solid Waste Management on Human Health and the Environment in Sub-Saharan African Cities: A study of Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Ngonidzashe Mangoro, Nzalalemba Serge Kubanza
This paper examines community perceptions of the impact of solid waste management (SWM) on human health and the environment in Diepsloot, Johannesburg, South Africa. It is argued that poor SWM has ...
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Assessing the performance of cooperatives in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the literature Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-05-19 Okem Andrew Emmanuel
While there is growing interest in the literature and policy circles regarding the performance of cooperatives in South Africa, no study has yet synthesised the body of knowledge on how to assess c...
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Causes and consequences of critical healthcare skills shortage in the Southern Africa Development Community Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-04-26 Dumsani M. Gumede, Myra Taylor, Jane D. Kvalsvig
The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) has a shortage of critical healthcare skills.To identify the causes and consequences of shortages and make policy recommendations.A literature searc...
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South African government personnel expenditure 2006–2021: Methodological considerations in using remuneration data Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Hermi Boraine, Liam James
ABSTRACT The level of detail, coverage, accuracy, completeness and time range of personnel expenditure data available in the transversal payroll system used by South African national and provincial government departments, PERSAL, offers opportunities for wage bill analysis that is not possible with the more common and well-known approaches of using either highly summarised tabled data, reported data
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On the impact of provincial development policies in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-04-16 Fabio Gaetano Santeramo, Lerato Phali
Although South Africa is one of the biggest economies in Africa, poverty and income inequality persist and a vast number of households lack access to water and sanitation services. Provincial gover...
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Evaluating the demand, supply and impact of early childhood development programmes in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Eldridge Moses, Servaas van der Berg
Early childhood development (ECD) access and quality inequalities can manifest as school and labour market outcomes that are persistently unequal by race, gender and geography. Using the General Ho...
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Going beyond female-headed households: Household composition and gender differences in poverty Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Dorrit Posel, Katharine Hall, Linekela Goagoses
ABSTRACT This study sharpens comparisons of gender differences in poverty in South Africa by distinguishing households according to the gender composition of resident adults rather than by household headship. The categories of female-dominated and male-dominated households (where all adults are either women or men respectively) are subsets of female- and male-headed households but their classification
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Regulatory sandbox for FinTech regulation: Do the conditions for effective adoption exist in South Africa? Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-03-10 Wendy McCallum, Meshach J. Aziakpono
ABSTRACT A regulatory sandbox is an emerging approach used by financial sector regulators worldwide to respond to the rapid emergence of financial technologies (FinTech). In South Africa, the Intergovernmental FinTech Working Group launched its regulatory sandbox in 2020 and at the time of writing in 2021, seven firms had been permitted entry. While a regulatory sandbox may offer several promises,
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A critical analysis of environmental taxes in Mauritius; A comparative study with South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-03-05 Beebeejaun Ambareen
ABSTRACT Mauritius is a highly vulnerable country with respect to the negative impact of climate change. In this respect, it is imperative to address environmental issues through various instruments and one particular tool chosen for this purpose is fiscal measures in the form of environmental taxes. Consequently, the objectives of this research are to critically assess the various types of environmental
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Advancing a transformative human development approach to climate resilience through local innovation in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-02-04 Admire Nyamwanza, Peter Jacobs, Karabo Nyezi
ABSTRACT Climate change continues to exacerbate social and economic development challenges in local communities the world over. This paper advances a human development approach to climate resilience innovations, showing how local innovation initiatives can be conduits for increased equity, agency, efficiency and sustainability vis-à-vis effective responses to climate impacts. Based on a scoping review
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Estimating the impact of large-scale mining on local communities in sub-Saharan Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Lauren Veckranges
ABSTRACT The impact of large-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa on local livelihoods is controversial. Little consensus exists about whether mining is a ‘blessing’ or a ‘curse’ for affected communities. This article estimates the impact of mine proximity on local socioeconomic outcomes. It does so by linking georeferenced survey data to mine locations, to determine whether living near a mine results
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An analysis of the coping strategies of small-scale female entrepreneurs in Harare, Zimbabwe Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Canisio Mutsindikwa, Derik Gelderblom
ABSTRACT This article analyses the strategies Zimbabwean women use to help them manage their small-scale businesses in Harare. Based on three focus groups as well as semi-structured interviews with the same respondents (n = 21), we consider the advantages and disadvantages conferred on the women by their social capital. The women networked to create rotating credit associations (ROSCAs) to generate
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Are population movement restrictions containing the COVID-19 cases in Sub-Saharan Africa? Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Maria Sassi, Gopal Trital
ABSTRACT Governments in Sub-Saharan Africa introduced population movement restrictions as a measure to contain the COVID-19 spread. Their evaluation is paramount to help policymakers take evidence-based policy decisions. Rigorous econometric studies in the region are sparse. Our study contributes to covering this gap. Using a Panel Poisson fixed-effects model, we detect the association between the
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COVID-19 challenges and pregnancy desire among married/ in-union women in Kano and Lagos States, Nigeria Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-28 David Aduragbemi Okunlola, Olusesan A. Makinde
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of COVID-19-induced challenges on pregnancy desire among married/in-union women of reproductive age in Lagos and Kano states, Nigeria. The performance monitoring for action (PMA) data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multilevel regression. About 12% of women desired no pregnancy; 43% would feel happy and unhappy respectively, if pregnancy occurred
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Towards a circular economy: A cross-case analysis of recycling in three South African towns Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-24 Anmar Pretorius, Derick Blaauw, Rinie Schenck, Lizette Grobler
ABSTRACT The concept of circular economy includes three aspects from a human perspective, namely Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle. Studying human behaviour is important in understanding and evaluating the possible success of any of the three elements. We explored the link between household waste practices and local governments’ ability to provide proper waste management, as stipulated in the South African
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Decomposing the impact of human capital on household income inequality in South Africa: Is education a useful measure? Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-18 T. J. Friderichs, G. Keeton, M. Rogan
ABSTRACT Human capital (HC) has increasingly been identified as a driver of economic development, with the potential to reduce income inequality, which, in South Africa, originates in the labour market. HC is, however, a complex concept to measure. This study uses Fields’ regression-based decomposition method to analyse the relationships between income inequality and HC in South Africa. The Fields
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Crisis-induced financial anxiety, social support, socio-psychological wellbeing, and commitment to work in the tourism sector Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-13 Issahaku Adam, Frederick Dayour, Albert Nsom Kimbu
ABSTRACT Understanding the causal influence of financial anxiety on future work commitment with social support and socio-psychological wellbeing as mediators amongst crisis-induced redundant tourism employees remains limited. Using data collected from 547 COVID-19-induced redundant tourism employees, this paper examines the influence of financial anxiety on future work commitment with social support
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Analysis of depressive symptoms between formal and informal workers in South Africa during COVID-19 crisis Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Miracle Ntuli, Prudence Kwenda
ABSTRACT This study examines differences in depressive symptoms between informal and formal workers in South Africa during the COVID-19 lockdown period. The analysis focuses on the June to October 2020 period, which was characterised by the easing of lockdown regulations from level 3 to level 1. Using the NIDS-CRAM wave 2 and 3 survey data, the study estimates a standard logit and a fixed effects logit
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A gendered analysis of Cyclone Idai disaster interventions in Chimanimani district, Zimbabwe Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-08 Hellen Venganai, Frank Mupoperi
ABSTRACT When disasters happen in the world, government departments and NGOs collaborate to support survivors through various interventions. Whether these interventions respond to the gendered impacts of these disasters is an area that has not been given adequate research attention. This paper provides a gendered analysis of the interventions targeted at Cyclone Idai survivors in Zimbabwe’s Chimanimani
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Symmetric and asymmetric effects of financial deepening on income inequality in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Mduduzi Biyase, Carolyn Chisadza
ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to examine the financial development-inequality nexus in South Africa from 1980 to 2017, specifically if financial deepening reduces income inequality. The initial results indicate a positive association between financial deepening and income inequality. On further exploration, we find evidence that the Greenwood and Jovanovich hypothesis holds for South Africa. We
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Investigating volunteer activities in South Africa Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Jaydro Fondling, Simbarashe Murozvi, Derek Yu, Nothando Mtshali
ABSTRACT This is the first South African study that analysed all three available waves of Statistics South Africa’s Volunteer Activities Survey data, which was linked to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey in the third quarter of the same year (2010, 2014 and 2018). The empirical findings showed that volunteers were predominantly female Africans without Matric, aged 25–34 years and resided in the urban
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The impact of commodified non-timber forest products on the livelihoods of San in Northern Namibia Development Southern Africa (IF 1.691) Pub Date : 2023-01-03 Ndapewa Fenny Nakanyete, Kenneth Kamwi Matengu, Javier Revilla Diez
ABSTRACT In Namibia, the commercialisation of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is often promoted as a means to improve rural livelihoods, especially for vulnerable communities. This paper analysed how NTFP value chains are integrated into and contribute to the livelihoods of Khwe and !Xun San harvesters. Accordingly, the working conditions, employment and upgrading opportunities of the globally traded