Rhodes University‚ P .O .Box 94‚ Grahamstown‚ South Africa A financial Ratio Analysis of Commercial Bank Performance in South Africa Mabwe Kumbirai2# and Robert Webb* Abstract This paper investigates the performance of South Africa’s commercial banking sector for the period 2005- 2009. Financial ratios are employed to measure the profitability‚ liquidity and credit quality performance of five large South African based commercial banks. The study found that overall bank performance increased
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THE ACCESSIBILITY OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS OF SOUTH AFRICA IN HIGH VALUE MARKETS. 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Agricultural markets are promoted as a possible pathway to rural development‚ as they are seen as important for economic growth and addressing poverty (IFAD 2010). As agriculture and society develops‚ marketing becomes more important in South Africa and other developing nations in the world. In subsistence agriculture‚ a farmer will mainly be feeding himself and his family. The local community’s
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AN OVERVIEW ON FDI IN VIETNAM 1. A definition of FDI According to Article 2‚ Law on Foreign Investment in Vietnam 1996‚ “FDI means the transfer of capital in money or any asset into Vietnam by foreign investors to carry out investment activities in accordance with the provisions of this Law”. Foreign investor means a foreign economics organization or a foreign individual investing in Vietnam. In another way‚ FDI is a kind of investment in which foreign investors
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Southwest Airlines: Staying ahead in the pricing Game Q1 what has been Southwest’s traditional pricing strategy? Why has this pricing strategy been so successful thought out the airline’s first three decades? Answer 1 : Southwest pricing strategy was the complete opposite of the industry’s conventional wisdom. They gave more flexibility to move planes around based on demand. Pricing strategy was successful thought out the first 3 decades because they cost were very lower relative to other airlines
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for identifying Calicophoron infecting cattle in South Africa Lavinia Perumal School of Biological Sciences and Conservation‚ University of KwaZulu-Natal‚ Westville‚ Durban. Email:209512772@ukzn.ac.za Abstract Calicophoron species were collected from the ruminants of cattle from a Kokstad abattoir in South Africa. The second internal transcribed spacer (ITS-2) of the ribosomal DNA had been used as the genetic marker in this molecular study. In an attempt to identify as well as distinguish
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bank (South Africa) implementing the Bottom of Pyramid strategy ” Submitted To: Dr.Veena Dutta Prepared By: Fagun Naiyyer PGDM 2011-13 11GM021 Executive Summary Little research has yet been undertaken in South Africa about commercial banks that are servicing the microenterprise and micro lending market. The objective of this project was to investigate the key factors that should be considered by capitec bank in South Africa servicing the microenterprise market. The focus for the study was on
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i. Automatic route FDI up to 100 per cent is allowed under the automatic route in all activities/sectors except where the provisions of the consolidated FDI Policy‚ paragraph on ‘Entry routes for Investment’ issued by the Government of India from time to time‚ are attracted. FDI in sectors /activities to the extent permitted under the automatic route does not require any prior approval either of the Government or the Reserve Bank of India. ii. Government route FDI in activities not covered
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of Political Economy Volume 28 2002 Pages 109-126 The Role of FDI in Economic Development Kjetil Bjorvatn Hans Jarle Kind Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås This article can be dowloaded from: http://www.nopecjournal.org/NOPEC_2002_a08.pdf Other articles from the Nordic Journal of Political Economy can be found at: http://www.nopecjournal.org Kjetil Bjorvatn NHH‚ Hans Jarle Kind‚ SNF and Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås‚ SNF* The Role of FDI in Economic Development This paper deals with two questions: First
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Introduction FDI in multi-brand retail What is FDI 2. Review of literature 3. Objectives of the study 4. Chapterization Chapter One : FDI in Indian Multibrand Retail – Rationale Chapter Two : Effect of FDI In Multi Brand Retail For Different Stakeholders Chapter Three: FDI – Challenges Chapter Four: FDI-Opportunities ( Benefits ) Chapter Five : With Eye on Multi-Brand Retail‚ FDI Chases Agricultural Services 5. conclusion 6. Research methodology INTRODUCTION A. WHAT IS FDI ( FOREIGN
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‘miracle-made countries’ have conducted open-up policies to attract FDI‚ which in turn plays a crucial role in improving the nations’ total GDP and stimulating economic growth. While unfortunately‚ the 2000s global recession which was caused by subprime crisis‚ has caused and is going to continue cause a fall in FDI in Asian countries. In the following paragraphs‚ the role of FDI in the rise of Asia and the impact of global recession on future FDI in these Asian countries would be described in detail. And
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