Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Public economics and development action

• Corporate governance
• Small business
• Taxation

Journal Article

We consider the interplay of climate change impacts, global mitigation policies, and the economic interests of developing countries to 2050. Focusing on Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia, we employ a structural approach to biophysical and economic...

Research Brief

• Climate change
• Climate uncertainty
• Global mitigation

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

• Biofuel
• Policy

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

• Biofuel
• Computable general equilibrium
• Food security

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

• Bioenergy
• Bioethanol
• Economy-wide modelling

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

• Biofuel
• Social constraints
• Biophysical constraints

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

• Biofuel
• Sugarcane
• Contract farming

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

• Biofuel
• Bioenergy
• Technology maturity

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Bioenergy in Southern Africa

• Biofuel
• Bioenergy

Journal Special Issue

This journal special issue revisits questions surrounding biofuel futures in Southern Africa and explores the case for the establishment of a regional market. The analysis in this issue suggests that while benefits exist, the key challenges that have...

• Biofuel
• Regional integration

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

• Mineral industries
• Industrial development
• Value chains

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

• Cross-border logistics
• Road transportation
• Southern Africa

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

• Industrial policy
• Poultry
• Regional integration

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

• Regional value chains
• Southern Africa
• Poultry

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

• Supermarkets
• Regional value chains
• Strategy

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

• Supermarkets
• Regional value chains
• Strategy

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

• Food industry and trade
• Exports
• Regional integration

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Regional Growth Opportunities

• South Africa
• Growth
• Transformation

Journal Special Issue

This issue contains seven articles addressing the major changes underway in the integration of economies in southern Africa. This special issue is based on the UNU-WIDER project 'Regional growth and development in Southern Africa'. This project aims...

• Growth
• Industrialization
• Natural resources

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

• Firm-level analysis
• South Africa
• Data

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

• Firm-level analysis
• Data
• South Africa

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

• Firm-level analysis
• South Africa
• Data

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

• Firm-level analysis
• South Africa
• Data

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

• Firm-level analysis
• South Africa
• Data

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

• Firm-level analysis
• South Africa
• Data

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

• Firm-level analysis
• South Africa
• Data

Journal Article

Part of Journal Special Issue Firm level analysis using administrative record data

• Firm-level analysis
• South Africa
• Data

Journal Special Issue

This special issue focuses on a collaborative effort between the National Treasury and the South African Revenue Service (SARS) to employ administrative record data from SARS for economic policy analysis. It contains six research articles plus a...

• Firm-level analysis
• South Africa
• Economic policy

Working Paper

The Republic of South Africa faces the imperative of escaping economic stagnation. This paper seeks to synthesize results from a series of research efforts, including but not limited to the work conducted under the UNU-WIDER project on ‘Regional...

• South Africa
• Growth
• Productivity

Working Paper

We investigate the relationship between the corporate income tax burden and firm size in South Africa using a panel dataset from companies’ tax returns. We find that medium-sized companies are experiencing the lowest effective tax rate, while the...

• Effective tax rate
• South Africa
• Corporate income tax

Blog

by Kyle McNabb June 2017

At the core of efforts to meet the Sustainable Development Goals lies a commitment to enhance domestic revenue mobilization. Strengthening capacity to...

• Tax
• Development
• Data

Working Paper

Traditionally, much of the research on economic growth drivers has been focused on small and medium enterprises. In recent years the academic focus on small businesses has shifted to a particular group of firms that are interesting from an economic...

• Firm growth
• High-growth firms
• South Africa

Working Paper

Southern African countries’ interest in biofuel is due of its rural development potential. Finding models to optimize this benefit is therefore paramount. High-energy-density crops with low perishability allow farmers to grow small quantities on...

• Biofuel
• Jatropa
• Sugarcane

Working Paper

This paper highlights the key strategies, both regional and domestic, that have led to the current structure of the poultry value chain in Southern Africa. While large firm strategies in poultry have been found to be regional in nature, and important...

• Industrial policy
• Poultry
• Regional integration

Working Paper

This paper assesses biofuels technology readiness and provides foresight to biofuels development in Southern Africa. Efficient conversion pathways, coupled with biomass from waste or high-yielding energy crops, reduces both the costs of biofuels...

• Biofuel
• Bioenergy
• Technology maturity

Working Paper

The Southern African region, from a purely biophysical perspective, has huge potential for biofuel production, especially in Mozambique and Zambia. Although many of the soils are sandy and acidic, with careful management and correct fertilization...

• Biofuel
• Southern Africa
• Production potential

Blog

by James Stewart March 2017

Policymakers often work in the dark, as they try to make real impact on people’s lives. If you don’t have good data, being worked on by good...

• Tax
• Data
• Firms

Blog

In 2016 the South African poultry sector faced intense pressure from two sides in the form of much higher input costs and increased imports of low...

• Regional value chains
• Competitiveness

Blog

by Itumeleng Makgetla March 2017

South Africa has some of the highest rates of joblessness in the world and youth unemployment is particularly severe. Roughly two in five young South...

• Youth unemployment
• Tax incentive
• South Africa

Working Paper

World biofuel production has been increasing to improve energy security and mitigate global warming. Southern Africa’s bioenergy demand could increase with South Africa’s planned fuel blending mandates, triggering increased demand for feedstocks and...

• Biofuel
• Social constraints
• Biophysical constraints

Working Paper

Rapid population growth, urbanization, and income growth are triggering increased demand for high-value agricultural products across Southern Africa with scope for gains from trade and regional integration. We analyse the animal feed to poultry value...

• Regional value chains
• Southern Africa
• Poultry

Working Paper

The last two decades have seen rapid economic growth in Zambia and the proliferation of foreign supermarket chain stores. However, this growth has translated into neither significant job creation nor significant poverty reduction. Furthermore, while...

• Supermarkets
• Regional growth
• Value chains

Working Paper

Given likely increases in biofuel demand across Southern Africa, we identify suitable production models in Zambia for the Southern African market. This is crucial given, on the one hand, the problems of contract failure and transaction costs that...

• Biofuel
• Feedstocks
• Institutional Arrangements Zambia