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A new growth path for South African industrialisation: An input-output analysis
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Newman, S., Baloyi, B., & Ncube, P. A new growth path for South African industrialisation: An input-output analysis

This paper looks at the way in which the structure of the economy has been built through the economic policies of the Apartheid government and reinforced in the first sixteen years of democracy. It is argued that previous growth paths have resulted i... Read More about A new growth path for South African industrialisation: An input-output analysis.

A manual on macroeconomic fundamentals for conflict-affected states
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Brauer, J., & Dunne, J. P. A manual on macroeconomic fundamentals for conflict-affected states. Washington: United States Institute for Peace

Increasingly, peace agreements and economic development programs reference the centrality of sound economic policy and a stable macroeconomic framework in state-building efforts. But few practitioners have the background to know what this means and t... Read More about A manual on macroeconomic fundamentals for conflict-affected states.

The New Price Makers: An investigation into the impact of financial investment on coffee price behaviour
Working Paper
Newman, S. (2009). The New Price Makers: An investigation into the impact of financial investment on coffee price behaviour

The collapse of the international commodity agreements in the 1980s, together with the liberalisation of marketing systems in commodity exporting developing countries under structural adjustment programs have removed the role of the state in the pric... Read More about The New Price Makers: An investigation into the impact of financial investment on coffee price behaviour.

Determining military expenditures: Arms races and spill-over effects in cross-section and panel data
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Dunne, J. P., Perlo-Freeman, S., & Smith, R. P. Determining military expenditures: Arms races and spill-over effects in cross-section and panel data

This paper considers the determinants of military spending, building on an emerging literature that estimates military expenditure demand functions in cross-section and panel data, incorporating ‘arms-race’ type effects. It updates Dunne and Perlo-Fr... Read More about Determining military expenditures: Arms races and spill-over effects in cross-section and panel data.

The role of international commodity exchanges in the formation and transmission of prices and price risk along international coffee chains
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transmission of prices and price risk along international coffee chains

The 1990s has seen a shift in policy from multilateral price stabilisation schemes towards market liberalisation and private risk management strategies in the context of income stabilisation for agro-commodity exporting low-income countries. This pap... Read More about The role of international commodity exchanges in the formation and transmission of prices and price risk along international coffee chains.