Quantitative research on tax revenue performance is required to identify the variables that influence it and, as a result, develop strategies for increasing tax revenue or changing its composition. Previous scholars have ...
The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) is one of the South African government’s strategies to reduce poverty. It provides income relief by availing temporary work opportunities for South Africa’s unemployed people ...
In a demand-led economy like South Africa, household consumption expenditure is a major source of economic development. The availability of consumer credit has allowed consumption spending to play a more active role. This, ...
Financial intermediation is responsible for channelling funds throughout the economy and acts as the main source of production in any economy. More specifically, financial intermediation acts as a link between savings and ...
Private investment stimulates growth in any economy, and increasing it is one of the
prerequisites for achieving a sustainable economic growth, hence, private investment is
another source of employment, in addition to ...
In rural areas of South Africa, small-scale commercial farming is regarded as an essential role player to end extreme poverty, unemployment and food shortages. As such, the South African government has been supporting this ...
The need to realise steady economic growth, measured in this research by Gross Domestic
Product (GDP), has ignited a plethora of studies about the contributors of economic growth
and their optimal levels. Government ...
This is the first study to investigate the impact of working capital management on the performance (profitability and value) of South African firms listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) before, during and ...
This study assesses the level of financial literacy and its impact on financial decision making
exercised by the tertiary students in South Africa, using the University of Venda (Univen) as a
case study. The study does ...
The study aimed to empirically examine the impact of foreign direct investment on economic
growth in the Southern African Development Community countries for the period 1980-2015.
The relation between foreign direct ...
The choice of a weak or strong currency has been at the center of the debate in most developing economies as exchange rates play a vital role in a country’s level of economic growth. This growth is critical to many developing ...
Tourism is regarded as a modern day engine of growth globally. In light of this, the South African government aims to increase tourism’s contribution, both direct and indirectly to the economy. In 2012 tourism in South ...
The role of foreign aid in promoting economic growth and improving welfare has been the subject of much debate among development specialists, researchers, aid donors as well as recipients in general. Two very strong views ...