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  • Koma, Samuel Bogalebjapoo (African Consortium of Public Administration, 2016-06)
    This article examines the functioning and rationalisation of municipalities within the context of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and applicable legislation. The role of the Municipal Demarcation ...
  • Umar, K.; Kuye, Jerry O. (South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2006-12)
    As developing nations continue to grapple with the daunting challenge of making the public sector efficient and effective, the academic discourse has positioned sound public policy as a prerequisite for good governance and ...
  • Reyers, Michelle; Van Schalkwyk, Cornelis Hendrik; Gouws, Daan G. (International Foundation for Research and Development (IFRD), 2014-05)
    Low retirement savings rates, coupled with a lack of preservation of retirement funds when individuals move jobs, could have adverse repercussions on a person’s ability to retire with sufficient funds. The traditional ...
  • Reyers, Michelle; D14/4/519/tm (University of Pretoria, 2013)
    There is worldwide concern that individuals are not saving sufficiently for retirement. Low savings rates, coupled with a lack of preservation of retirement funds when individuals move jobs, could have adverse repercussions ...
  • Ijeoma, Edwin Okey (South African Association for Public Administration and Management, 2007-12)
    Since the early 90’s, globalisation has become a universal slogan in almost all aspects of human endeavours ranging from politics, commerce, economy and public governance. Globalisation has given countries and regions of ...
  • Moeti, Kabelo Boikhutso (University of Pretoria, 2006-05-10)
    This thesis sought to focus attention on the fact that currently in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) there is no specific governmental body that is charged with complete responsibility for policy-making and regulation ...
  • Ndlovu, Joram; Heath, Ernest Thomas (Academic Journals, 2013-03)
    The main purpose of this study was to explore the concept of “re-branding a destination” as a key element to enhance sustainable tourism development. The study sought to measure the destination’s attributes that determine ...
  • Plakandaras, Vasilios; Gogas, Periklis; Papadimitriou, Theophilos; Gupta, Rangan (Elsevier, 2019-11)
    Forecasting the evolution path of macroeconomic variables has always been of keen interest to policy makers and market participants. A common tool used in the relevant forecasting literature is the term spread of Treasury ...
  • Ijeoma, Edwin Okey; International Conference (2007 : Windhoek, Namibia) (2007-05)
    Paper presented at the International Conference, Polytechnic of Namibia, Windhoek, 30 May- 1 June 2007. The history of Pan-Africanism is a subject that has attracted considerable interest among scholars and practitioners ...
  • Scholtz, F.J. (Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria, 2001-09)
    When the editorship started planning this special issue some 18 months ago, there were in excess of 700 titles on the topic of globalisation available on the website of Amazon.com. The decision to devote an entire issue ...
  • Enslin, Zack; Du Toit, Elda; Puane, Mangwakong Faith (Emerald, 2024)
    PURPOSE : Risk information provides information to enable stakeholders to make informed decisions about a company. Corporate communications should be readable and unbiased so as not to hamper disclosure usefulness. This ...
  • Du Toit, Elda (Emerald, 2017)
    PURPOSE : This is an exploratory study to investigate the readability of integrated reports. The aim of this paper is to assess whether integrated reports are accessible to their readership and add value to stakeholders. ...
  • Adhariani, Desi; Du Toit, Elda (Emerald, 2020-10)
    PURPOSE : This study aimed at investigating the readability of sustainability reports in Indonesia. The Indonesian government, through the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan [OJK]), has issued ...
  • Strauss, Willem Johannes Paulus (University of Pretoria, 2018)
    Background: Worldwide the Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) market has grown significantly over the past few years and is playing an increasingly significant role in the property sector. The existence of the REIT ...
  • Akinsomi, Kola; Aye, Goodness Chioma; Babalos, Vassilios; Economou, Fotini; Gupta, Rangan (Springer, 2016-11)
    In this paper we examine the real estate returns predictability employing US Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a set of possible predictors for the period January 1991 to December 2014. To this end we employ several ...
  • Coetzee, Stephen; Schmulian, Astrid (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants, 2008-01)
    When considering the sale of property (real estate), two points of time become relevant, the date the sales contract is signed or alternatively the date that the contract is completed and the legal title passes to the ...
  • Eita, Joel Hinaunye; Jordaan, Andre Cillie (Virtus Interpress, 2013)
    This paper estimates the real exchange rate misalignment and investigates its impact on economic performance and competitiveness of Namibia for the period 1970 to 2011 using cointegrated vector autoregression methods. ...
  • Das, Sonali; Gupta, Rangan; Kanda, Patrick T.; Reid, Monique; Tipoy, Christian Kakese; Zerihun, Mulatu F. (Springer, 2014-01)
    The real interest rate is a very important variable in the transmission of monetary policy. It features in vast majority of financial and macroeconomic models. Though the theoretical importance of the real interest rate ...
  • Buzu, Olga; McCluskey, William J.; Franzsen, R.C.D. (Riel) (International Association of Assessing Officers and the International Property Tax Institute, 2012)
    Many of the countries in Central and South East Europe that were part of the former Soviet Bloc still retain area-based property tax systems. This article describes the successful property tax reform implemented in ...
  • Çekin, Semih Emre; Ivashchenko, Sergey; Gupta, Rangan; Lee, Chien-Chiang (Elsevier, 2024-05)
    Recent research shows that time-varying volatility plays a crucial role in non-linear modeling. Contributing to this literature, we suggest an approach that allows for straightforward computation of DSGE models with ...