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South Africa is soon to enter its twentieth year as a democratic nation. Looking back over the 19 years of its existence up to this point, it is evident that, as with most teenagers, South Africa’s ride has been far from smooth. While South Africa has experienced significant and consistent […]

There has always been global interest in the development process undergone by developing countries to achieve higher growth rates. This focus is primarily on outcomes and tends to ignore the actual repercussions of certain development activities on societies and local economies. It is not uncommon that developing countries experiencing rapid […]

We explore the dual nature of economic globalization in this Global Issue: Which new opportunities does the complex and interdependent global system afford people and how might some people get “lost” in the system?

“I come to work and there are two fags there and my boss is kinda a fag too… So I feel discriminated against. Why do I need it? And if a factory manager with painted lips comes … well I’m sorry. I can just imagine how disgusting and humiliating that […]

Stronger networking between financial systems is one of the key features of economic globalization  – provided of course that national governments are able and willing to welcome foreign investors into their economies. When successful,  foreign investment articulates three goals: it fills capital gaps and brings business know-how to the host […]