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author = "Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret"
The economic consequences of a fuel levy reform in South Africa
Author(s) :
Mabugu, Ramos
,
Chitiga, Margaret
,
Mabugu, Margaret
,
Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
,
Amusa, Hammed
Description :
This paper assesses the economic effects of a hypothetical fuel levy imposed by South African provinces. The welfare effects of increasing the fuel levy by 10 per cent are negative but very small. Similarly, the marginal excess burdens for efficiency and equity (poverty) are quite low, suggesting mu...
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University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
Language(s) :
English
Oil prices and the South African economy : a macro–meso–micro analysis
Author(s) :
Fofana, Ismael
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Chitiga, Margaret
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Mabugu, Margaret
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Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
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Mabugu, Ramos
Description :
Three levels of analysis are used to track the channels by which South Africa and its people are
impacted by an increase of oil prices, namely the macro-economic level, the meso-economic level and the micro-economic/household level. The paper uses an economy and energy integrated approach to quantif...
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University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
Language(s) :
English
The impact of the global economic crisis on sub-national government – lessons from the Free State Province in South Africa
Author(s) :
Maisonnave, Helene
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Mahabir, Jugal
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Mabugu, Ramos
,
Chitiga, Margaret
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Mabugu, Margaret
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Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
Description :
A provincial computable general equilibrium model for the Free State province in South Africa is used to quantify the channels by which the recent global economic crisis affects the province. The analysis allows focus on three levels through which provincial economies and their people are impacted b...
Repository :
University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
Language(s) :
English
The impact of tariff removal on poverty in Zimbabwe : a computable general equilibrium microsimulation
Author(s) :
Chitiga, Margaret
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Mabugu, Ramos
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Kandiero, Tonia
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Mabugu, Margaret
,
Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
Description :
The paper uses a microsimulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model incorporates 14,006 households derived from the 1995 Poverty Assessment Study Survey. This paper's novelty is that it is one among a smal...
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University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
Language(s) :
English
A computable general equilibrium micro-simulation analysis of the impact of trade policies on poverty in Zimbabwe
Author(s) :
Chitiga, Margaret
,
Mabugu, Ramos
,
Kandiero, Tonia
,
Mabugu, Margaret
,
Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
Description :
The paper uses a micro-simulation computable general equilibrium (CGE) model
to study the impact on poverty of a complete removal of tariffs in Zimbabwe. The model
incorporates 14006 households derived from the 1995 Poverty Assessment Study Survey.
This paper’s novelty is that it is one among a smal...
Repository :
University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
Language(s) :
English
Constructing a greenhouse gas emissions inventory using energy balances : the case of South Africa for 1998
Author(s) :
Blignaut, James Nelson
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Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
,
Mabugu, Ramos
,
Mabugu, Margaret
,
Chitiga, Margaret
Description :
This paper discusses the procedures and results of
constructing a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
inventory for South Africa, using the official national
energy balance for 1998. In doing so, the paper
offers a snapshot of the South African energy supply
and demand profile and encompassing greenhouse...
Repository :
University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
Language(s) :
English
The competitiveness effect of a multilateral electricity generation tax
Author(s) :
Seymore, Reyno
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Chitiga, Margaret
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Mabugu, Margaret
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Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
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Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-
Description :
The South African Government announced, in the 2008 Budget Review, the intention to tax the generation of electricity from non-renewable sources with 2c/kWh. This tax is to be collected by the producers/generators of electricity at the source. The intention of the tax is to serve a dual purpose of m...
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University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
Language(s) :
English
Border tax adjustment to negate the impact of an electricity generation tax
Author(s) :
Seymore, Reyno
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Chitiga, Margaret
,
Mabugu, Margaret
,
Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
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Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-
Description :
In the 2008 Budget Review, the South African government announced its intention to levy a 2c/kWh tax on the sale of electricity generated from non-renewable sources. This measure is intended to serve a dual purpose of helping to manage the current electricity supply shortages and to protect the envi...
Repository :
University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
Language(s) :
English
A gender-focused macro-micro analysis of the poverty impacts of trade liberalization in South Africa
Author(s) :
Cockburn, John
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Fofana, Ismael
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Decaluwe, Bernard
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Mabugu, Ramos
,
Chitiga, Margaret
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Mabugu, Margaret
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Chitiga-Mabugu, Margaret
Description :
Despite the general presumption in favor of trade liberalization, the question of how to implement it in a way to ensure equitable income distribution and sustainable poverty alleviation in developing countries is at the core of the current trade debate. We build a macroeconomic framework that integ...
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University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
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English
Redistributing environmental tax revenue to reduce poverty in South Africa : the cases of energy and water
Author(s) :
Van Heerden, J.H. (Jan Horn), 1957-
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Blignaut, James Nelson
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Mabugu, Margaret
,
Gerlagh, Reyer
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Hess, Sebastiaan
Description :
South Africa, as an upper middle-income, resource-intensive developing country with an open economy, has to find innovative ways to combat poverty, promote economic growth and reduce the intensity of resource use, simultaneously. One option is to explore the plausibility of achieving a double divide...
Repository :
University of Pretoria Research Repository (UPSpace)
Language(s) :
English