Poverty and inequality in South Africa: critical reflections

D Francis, E Webster - Development Southern Africa, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
South Africa is a paradox; on the one hand, it is one of the most unequal countries in the
world. Half of all South Africans continue to live in poverty, economic growth has stagnated …

Revisiting the empirical relationship among the main targets of sustainable development: Growth, education, health and carbon emissions

S Sarwar, D Streimikiene, R Waheed… - Sustainable …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The present study attempts to analyse the empirical relationship among economic growth,
labour, capital, education, health and greenhouse gas emission. For empirical estimations …

Human capital development, poverty and income inequality in the Eastern Cape province

C Moyo, S Mishi, R Ncwadi - Development Studies Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Despite the successful transition into democracy in South Africa, poverty and inequality
levels remain consistently high for an upper-middle-income country. The pace of human …

A qualitative comparative analysis of tourism and gender equality in emerging economies

J Zhang, Y Zhang - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The impact of tourism on gender equality at the national level remains unclear. This study
conducts a comparative analysis of tourism and gender equality in emerging economies …

Skills supply and demand in South Africa

F Arends, M Visser, M Powell, H Bhorat, V Reddy - 2016 - lmip.org.za
This report provides a holistic understanding of the current supply and demand for skills in
South Africa, and represents one of the first attempts to analyse how the two interact to …

Vocational training costs and economic benefits: exploring the interactions

N Samoliuk, Y Bilan… - Journal of Business …, 2021 - journals.vilniustech.lt
The aim of the article is to study the relationship between vocational training costs and
economic benefits at different levels of economic relations. In the structure of labour costs in …

[PDF][PDF] RETRACTED: An empirical analysis of the impact of higher education on economic growth: The case of China

D Qi, A Ali, T Li, YC Chen, J Tan - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
China's domestic labor market has limited demand for tertiary graduates due to an
unbalanced industrial structure, with a weak contribution to economic performance over the …

The impact of higher education on high quality economic development in China: A digital perspective

B Bing - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
In the context of China's new stage of economic development, this study examines the role
of higher education in China's high quality economic development (HQED) strategy from a …

Reimagining curricula for the fourth industrial revolution

K Menon, G Castrillón - The Independent Journal of Teaching and …, 2019 - journals.co.za
If higher education is to deliver education to students that prepares them for the demands
and challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), new flexible curricula and teaching …

Skills for industrialisation in sub-Saharan African countries: why is systemic reform of technical and vocational systems so persistently unsuccessful?

S Allais - Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines three interrelated factors outside of formal provision of technical and
vocational education and training (TVET) in sub-Saharan Africa that have undermined TVET …