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Browsing Economic and Management Sciences by Supervisor "Blignaut, James Nelson"
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Reyers, Michelle
(University of Pretoria, 2009-09-07)
Climate change is increasingly acknowledged as one of the greatest threats facing humanity in the 21st century. Given the enormity of the potential impact of global warming, worldwide collective action from all sectors of ...
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Sibande, Randolph Xolani
(University of Pretoria, 2013-01-15)
Currently 35 per cent of the total water storage available in South African dams has deteriorated in water quality due to excessive nutrient loading. Eutrophication poses a significant threat to freshwater resources in ...
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Kutela, Dambala Gelo
(University of Pretoria, 2012-04-24)
This thesis proposes to empirically evaluate fundamental welfare outcomes associated with common property rights forestry. The inferences made were based on data collected from selected villages in rural Ethiopia, where ...
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Uzoigwe, Dennis Chiekweiro
(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-03)
In the 1960s, Nigeria was on a par, in terms of aspirations to attain a very high level of economic growth and development, with its fellow-oil producing and exporting countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia, but has since ...
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De Wit, M.P. (Martinus Petrus)
(University of Pretoria, 2006-11-29)
Please read the abstract in the 00front part of this document
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Beyene, Abebe Damte
(University of Pretoria, 2012-05-15)
This thesis contains empirical findings on rural energy, forest resource use and fuel saving technologies in Ethiopia. Using a household survey data conducted in different parts of the country, efforts were made to contribute ...
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Jansen, Zirkie Bernardus
(University of Pretoria, 2005-12-02)
Saving is in essence a source of finance. According to the well known Keynesian identities which found practical application in the framework of National Accounts, saving and investment (capital formation) represent identical ...
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Nkambule, Nonophile Promise
(University of Pretoria, 2015)
Energy technologies interact with the economic, social and environmental systems, and do so not only directly but indirectly as well, through upstream and downstream processes. In addition, the interactions may produce ...
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Smith, Herman
(University of Pretoria, 2005-08-20)
The purpose of this study is to analyse the development of inventory investment in South Africa and to investigate the factors that have an influence on it. Although the size of inventory investment relative to gross ...
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Inglesi-Lotz, Roula
(University of Pretoria, 2011-10-14)
The continuously increasing energy intensity internationally is recognised as one of the greatest dangers the human race is facing nowadays with regards to future climate change and its detrimental consequences. Improving ...
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Jordaan, Andre Cillie
(University of Pretoria, 2007-04-07)
The purpose of this study is to develop an economic policy framework for local urban authorities to empower them to increase economic growth and development and thus quality of life of its residents. The study integrates ...