Abstract This study focused on analysing the effectiveness of sustainable leadership in Public Enterprises with a special focus on the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund. The study intended to answer the problem of leadership in terms of sustainability in the organisation. The purpose of the study was to explore issues of sustainable leadership in terms of how leaders groom subordinates for the advancement of the organisation. The overall objective was to analyse aspects of leadership and how the t...
ABSTRACT Investigating the effectiveness of transmission mechanisms of monetary policy is crucial for an economy. It is essential to understand how effectiveness the channels of transmission are in affecting economic activity. This study investigates the effectiveness of transmission mechanisms of monetary policy in Sierra Leone with particular focus on the interest rate, exchange rate, and credit channels. It used a Vector Autoregression (VAR) approach to estimate time series annual data fr...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of Microfinance on youth empowerment. The researcher targeted 72 beneficiaries of the Namibian Youth Credit Scheme in Otjiwarongo. A descriptive research design was adopted and purposive and systematic sampling methods to select 72 respondents of which 55 participated in the survey. Descriptive and Chi- square test statistics were used to analyze the data. The findings of the study seem to suggest that NYCS is an effective tool to...
Abstract This paper will investigates the importance of the local reinsurance industry in preventing capital outflow within the Namibian market through the insurance industry. The purpose of the study is to investigate the capital outflow that leaves the Namibian economy through insurance.Despite several efforts by the Namibian government to curb capital outflow, more cash still remnants the country through the insurance companies. The study has made use of questionaiers and interviews. The ...
Abstract Several efforts have been made by different agents (including Government) in Namibia to reduce the number of rape incidents. Notwithstanding this, rape has been on the increase. To fathom the increase and possibly overcome it, a number of researches have been conducted. Among them include that by Women’s Action for Development (WAD), University of Namibia and the Namibia Prison Service (2006), and that of the United Nations Development Programme (2000-2001). In all these studies, ...
ABSTRACT Solid waste management is a challenge across the globe due to the increasing diversity of waste characteristics and lack of effective implementation of consistent waste policies accompanied by changing lifestyles, increased production processes and rapid urbanisation. Namibia like many other African countries is facing rapid urbanisation. This has overwhelmed the local authorities’ resources for provision of municipal solid waste management henceforth leaving the City of Windhoek ...
Abstract The relationship between beer price, augmentation and beer consumption in Swakopmund has not been researched on in Namibia. The purpose of this research is to fill the knowledge gap in current literature on the alcohol and price relationship in Namibia. This study is an empirical analysis that draws on information from the overall population of the Swakopmund community, selecting those that are involved in alcohol activities and those frequenting beer outlets. The Statistical Packag...
ABSTRACT This study focused on challenges and opportunities in primary and secondary education in Namibia. Furthermore, the study focused on how partnership with Finland could help Namibia to overcome these challenges and meet Vision 2030. The study also researched on the marketing of an education system in a foreign country, specifically how the Finnish education system and solutions could be successfully marketed in Namibia in the context of globalisation and internationalisation. The rese...
Abstract The dissertation attempts to present migration from a holistic perspective where the decision to move is the result of an assessment of competing strategies open to potential migrants. This is a bid by globally marginalised populations for economic security; a deliberate decision taken by the family to improve their livelihood. Migrants are here seen as social actors, or agents, who confront structural socioeconomic contexts, which offer both constraints and opportunities. The migra...
ABSTRACT The study focused on factors which encumber SMEs from acquiring financial resources from financial institutions and banks in Namibia. The major objectives of the study were to critically evaluate the status of SMEs in Namibia regarding access to formal credit facilities. The study also sought to document the difficulties that SMEs have in accessing finances and assess the financial gap that exists between fund providers and SMEs and how it can be narrowed. The analysis provided an e...
ABSTRACT The thrust of this study was to analyse the impact of external debt on Zimbabwe’s economic growth using a Vector Autoregressive approach (VAR). The study used annual time series data covering the period 1980 to 2012 on the following variables: Economic growth (proxied as Real Gross Domestic Product), capital (proxied as Gross Fixed Capital Formation), labour force and external debt represented as LNY, LNK, LNLAB and LNEXT respectively. Results from the analysis confirm a long-run ...
ABSTRACT This paper examined the impact of public debt on economic growth of Namibia for the period 2003 to 2016 using quarterly time series data on GDP growth as a proxy for economic growth; external debt and domestic debt. Time series properties were tested for stationarity using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller test. Johannsen Cointegration test found no long run relationship among the variables under study. The study employed Toda-Yamamoto Granger causality tests following a VAR framework and...
ABSTRACT This study focused on investigating the effectiveness of in-service training programs provided to lecturers at the College of the Arts. The objectives of the study were: to investigate the effectiveness of the in-service training programs at the College of the Arts for the upgrading of teaching skills and specialist subject knowledge of academic staff members and to identify how these in-service training programs can successfully be used to improve the performance of academic staff ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of inflation targeting in South Africa using the Vector Autoregressive method (VAR). The study used monthly data for the period 2000 to 2013 on the following variables: Consumer Price Index Inflation (CPI), money supply (M1), Repo Rate and the Nominal Exchange Rate (NER). The VAR methodology was used to investigate the response of inflation to monetary policy shocks under the inflation targeting framework. The findings from ...
Abstract The study analyzed macroeconomic determinants of remittances in Southern Africa and made use of annual data for the period ranging from 2003 to 2016. The macroeconomic determinants used include: remittances themselves, the inflation rate, GDP growth rate, the nominal exchange rate, broad money and age dependency ratio. In doing so, the study further analyzed cyclicality and the volatility of remittances in the region in order to get a more rounded perspective. In seeking to meet its...