Danie Meyer

• PhD Development and Management
• Professor at University of Johannesburg

Seabed mining, which focuses on extracting minerals from the ocean floor, is vital for the sustainable development of the green economy. With current initiatives targeting coastal waters exceeding 200 meters deep, these areas yield sand, tin, and diamonds crucial for meeting the growing demand in the energy transition and new technologies. Unlike o...

Human Resource Management (HRM) is a critical area for organizational development and has evolved with strategies oriented toward sustainability principles. The increase in environmental awareness, regulatory and political pressures, stakeholder expectations, changes in the labor market, and globalization challenges—such as the United Nations Globa...

The consensus is that price stability promotes sustainable economic growth while excessive inflation harms growth. This study assesses the linkage between inflation and economic growth in South Africa to determine the optimal inflation rate threshold for the sustainable growth of the economy. Quarterly data from 1995 to 2022 was analysed through th...

Using the investor-herding index (IHRB) and manager-herding index (MHRB), the emergence of investors’ and managers’ herding behavior at the corporate-level and its potential impact on firm financial performance (FFP) is analyzed in the entire study. The study utilizes the micro-level data of 296 listed firms of Pakistan stock exchange (PSX) from 20...

Over the last decades, the tourism sector has grown in its contribution to national and regional economies. Good governance in South Africa has regressed over time in South Africa. The study’s objective was to investigate the impact of good governance of tourism in South Africa, a proxy for developing countries. A quantitative research methodology...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: Monitoring and Evaluation can play an essential role in addressing issues of nonperformance in local government and assist municipalities in strengthening good governance by ensuring effective accountability and responsibility of officials. A growing body of literature recognises M as an effective tool to improve the quality o...

The South African Municipal Systems Act of 2003 and the 1996 Constitution encourage community-based organisations (CBOs) and communities to actively participate in the municipal planning process. It is significant for CBOs and communities to be engaged in drafting the Integrated Development Plan (hereafter IDP) to guarantee that the municipality co...

The IDP serves as a comprehensive plan that outlines development priorities for a municipality’s jurisdiction. Its aim is to coordinate the efforts of all levels of government in order to improve the quality of life for residents in a particular area. The plan is developed based on the needs and priorities of the community, with opportunities for c...

E-learning has recently gained considerable interest among stakeholders, including educators, students, and policymakers. During the pandemic, organized online learning is critical to an effective e-learning system because it helps both teaching and learning. Thus, the current study intends to explore the factors contributing to e-learners' satisfa...

Biochar increases crop yield, soil reliability, and carbon sequestration. This study examined how biochar affected soil properties and tomato yield in saline soil. The experiment was conducted in areas surrounding Khulna Agricultural University and in farmers’ fields close to Khulna, Bangladesh. The experiment’s layout was a randomized complete blo...

Nowadays, most of our information and data for consequent treatment comes from Spatial Data Infrastructures and web services. Also, much of the research developed serves to feed those spatial data infrastructures as well as several web services and vice-versa. In this regard, it becomes essential to understand the basic concepts of some of the invo...

The importance of the tourism sector has been highlighted and featured in various studies indicating not only the economic but also social and environmental benefits. There is a need for a measurement instrument for regional tourism destination competitiveness. This measurement instrument could gauge a destination’s regional potential for tourism d...

Domestic investment is one of the key drivers for economic growth and development. But domestic investment does not happen automatically. It requires a positive governance and economic environment. The primary aim of this paper was to test the impact and relationship between domestic investment and some of the determinants of domestic investment, i...

In Bandung City, Indonesia, municipal solid waste was a significant problem. However, municipal waste has a good potency if the community can manage the waste. This study aims to assess the relationship between local economics and waste management research and how waste management has been implemented in Bandung City's Sukasari District through fos...

The Indonesian government is trying to reduce the poverty rate, among others, by encouraging investment sourced from within the country and abroad and increasing the number of micro, small and medium-sized businesses. However, until the end of 2020, the category of poor people in Indonesia is still relatively high, about ten per cent of the total p...

Despite the importance of the financial system and quality of institutions to the attainment of economic development goals, the mediating role of institutions in how finance influences the development of the industrial sector across countries has not been given adequate attention in the literature. Therefore, this study assessed the moderating role...

In 1996, the government of South Africa introduced the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) policy process to transform municipal administration, integrated planning and service delivery. One of the IDP policy’s key aspects is community participation in the planning process. South Africa is still struggling to achieve their duty of delivering basic se...

The blue economy contributes significantly to the creation of the Atlantic Area's identity. In addition, the search for outdoor experiences after the COVID-19 lockdown suspensions has renewed the popularity of nautical tourism in this area and in the world. Despite the negative effects of the economic crisis on tourism, evidence suggests that some...

This study is primarily aimed at comprehending the key stakeholders, involved in applying the Integrated Development Planning (IDP) process for improved community participation in the Tzaneen municipal area. It is argued in this study, that the IDP is centred on the priorities and desires of the communities. Communities have the opportunity to enga...

This article aims to assess the Integrated Development Planning (IDP) process for improved community participation. The IDP process was developed to improve strategic planning and community participation at the municipal level. Many South African municipalities have been struggling to use the IDP process to improve community participation. The meth...

There has been a wave of significant changes in labour markets worldwide, which has seen the pace of secure and stable employment decline significantly. South Africa has not been saved from this wave of change. Besides the country’s high unemployment rate, both at the national level and among the youth by global standards, non-standard employment s...

Purpose This study examines whether international tourism demand in the Visegrád countries is influenced by countries' risk rating on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, as non-economic factors relating to ESG risks have been ignored by previous researches on determinants of international tourism demand. Design/methodology/approach...

This study investigates Spain's role in Portugal’s economic development and analyzes the assumption that Spain’s import from Portugal is the factor that increases Portugal’s per capita income the most. Apart from these reasons, there are several other motivations to focus on foreign trade between Spain and Portugal. The first is to examine the impa...

nvestors assess the environment and the level of risk before they invest in a specific region or country. Several country risk indexes have been developed since the beginning of the 1990s, using risk factors such as politics, the economy and sovereign risk factors. This study aims to determine the relationships between the country risk index, econo...

Labour markets have undergone vast transformations over the last few years. There are arguments that employment and unemployment measures have not been adequate in understanding the complexities of labour markets. Research on labour underutilisation has focused on one side of the spectrum, which is just about the scarcity of jobs. However, there is...

The relationship between entrepreneurship, the economy and governance has become an essential multi-disciplinary research field. This study aims to assess the impact of economic development and good governance on entrepreneurship growth. Both effective governance and the quality of the regulatory environment are analysed. The study used panel data...

The objective of this paper was to gain novel insights into the complex relationships among Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in shaping productivity (GDP/capita) growth. Using dynamic panel regressions on data collected in 138 countries between 2000 and 2017, we found that rising temperatures negatively affect growth and mitigate the impact of...

Leading regions drive economic growth and development, and it is important to determine which sectors are driving growth. Leading sectors need to be supported while lagging sectors need to be guided towards growth. The location quotient method has been used as a regional economic development measurement tool using a single variable, mostly employme...

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: This study revisits the management and interaction aspects between fiscal and monetary policies in South Africa using a Bayesian vector autoregressive model (BVADESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: Monthly data on the inflation rate, interest rate, money supply, tax revenue, government spending and government debt for the period 2009...

Over the last decade, the South African economy has endured prevailing economic challenges, including weak economic growth, unreliable electricity supply, rising fiscal deficits, declining investment inflows and the inexorable rise in government debt alongside the expected impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Credit ratings have significantly evolve...

The recession in India and the UK peaked in 2017 due to the implications of new policy initiatives. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic at the beginning of 2020 intensified the crisis, causing a drastic decline in aggregate demand and output. India and the UK have resorted to monetary and fiscal stimulus packages to face the economic crisis. This...

This study aimed to determine the channels through which external debt transmits its impact on economic growth in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. To this end, panel data comprising 30 SSA countries were investigated for the period 1985–2019, using the system generalized method of moments (GMM) estimation technique. The study identified public...

ABSTRACT Over the past few decades, governments have increasingly used bonds to acquire revenue to finance development and infrastructure projects. Several internal and even external factors influence the bond price as well as the bond yield rate. Developing countries use government bonds to finance developmental projects, but their bond yield rate...

A dynamic and growing manufacturing sector is critical for growth as this sector is globally known as the 'engine of growth'. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of macro-economic variables, including economic growth, producer price index (PPI), and exports on the manufacturing sector of the Visegrád countries, from 1995 to 2018. A...

In light of renewed interests to boost African trade through continental integration, the authors identified trade facilitation as an integral component of complimenting the integration processes. This is especially relevant in the southern region where the majority of borders are characterised by complex and duplicated processes due to the lack of...

1 26767007@nwu.ac.za, 2 Daniel.Meyer@nwu.ac.za Trade, which includes exports and imports, is one of the main engines of economic growth for both developed and developing countries. International trade is however affected and influenced by many factors, such as the exchange rate, commodity prices, production factors, etc. The purpose of this study w...

Purpose – this study aims to determine the influence of E-government on productivity in the case of different countries comparing by income level. Research methodology – static (fixed and random) and dynamic (GMM) panel regression. Findings – a disaggregated analysis reveals that middle-income countries are driving global productivity growth by i...

In light of renewed interests to boost African trade through continental integration, the authors identified trade facilitation as an integral component of complimenting the integration processes. This is especially relevant in the southern region where the majority of borders are characterised by complex and duplicated processes due to the lack of...

Many developing countries are facing high levels of unemployment and most people who are employed are poorly remunerated due to low skills and productivity levels. Although jobs are important, a productive job is even more important, not only for employees, but also for employers. South Africa, being a developing country, is also facing the challen...

The vast majority of municipalities in South Africa are experiencing a number of serious issues including the lack of service delivery, the limited provision, and maintenance of infrastructure and the most important issue of adequate financial management. The measurement of a region’s financial health may be seen as one component of the overall wel...

Macroeconomic indexes are useful tools in forecasting long and short-run changes in the economy. The purpose of this study is to assess the usefulness of the Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), and changes in the manufacturing sector as predictors of economic output. This study is quantitative in nature and employed an ARDL econometric model, vector...

Government interventions and economic activities could have significant impacts on the economies of countries. Effective governance and quality institutions are required for sustainable economic growth in both developed and developing countries. The primary objective of this study was to analyse the impact of government activities on economic growt...

Equity markets play a pivotal role in the sustainability of developing countries, such as China. The literature on the detection of herding biases is confined to the aggregate level (firms, sector/industry and market). The present study adds to the behavioral finance literature by addressing the surprisingly unnoticed phenomena of the behavioral im...

Over the last few decades, global growth and development have been driven by highly urbanised regions. This has made the research field of regional economic development of major importance within the research field of development economics. The quantification of the progress in regional economic development has been attempted by many researchers. P...

Highly urbanised regions, also known as leading regions, have been responsible for global growth over the last few decades, while on the other hand, rural regions also known as lagging regions, have been stagnating. The important role of regions for development, has made the research field of regional economic development of major significance with...

The birth of democracy in South Africa in 1994 guided the introduction of local economic development (LED) to improve local and regional economies. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to analyse the impact of key economic sectors on LED in the Capricorn District Municipality over the period 1996 to 2016. The study also included the develop...

This article investigates the role of institutional quality in the oil wealth–economic growth nexus for 35 oil-exporting developing countries between 1984 and 2016. To achieve this objective, an empirical model was employed with linear interaction between oil wealth and institutional quality, and estimated by means of panel autoregressive distribut...

The controversy whether the "fear of floating" or the "fear of capital mobility" determines a country's foreign reserve holdings is an ongoing research debate. This issue remains unresolved in global economic and finance studies. This study has the aim to contribute to the ongoing debate by probing the determinants of foreign exchange reserves in S...

In terms of macro-economic policy, gross fixed capital formation, which is the major component of domestic investment, is seen as an important process that could accelerate economic growth. This study re-examines the controversial issue of causality between domestic investment, employment and economic growth using South African data. The traditiona...

Tourism is one of the top-three foreign revenue generating economic sectors globally, representing the total of 7% in the overal global exports. Overall weak economic and sectoral performance stresses the need for a strong alternative economic sector development so that to support traditional growth sectors which could potentially increase economic...

The variables the consumer price index (CPI), the producer price index (PPI) and the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) and play major roles in economic forecasting. The overall objective of this study is to assess the inter-relationships between CPI, PPI and PMI as predicting variables. This study is quantitative in nature and employed an ARDL econo...

The variables the consumer price index (CPI), the producer price index (PPI) and the purchasing managers’ index (PMI) and play major roles in economic forecasting. The overall objective of this study is to assess the inter-relationships between CPI, PPI and PMI as predicting variables. This study is quantitative in nature and employed an ARDL eco...

The importance of regional economic development has come to the fore in recent years in driving global development, leading to improving the general standard of living. However, quantifying economic development progress is a difficult process as the measurement thereof is complex and a multi-dimensional concept. Previous attempts to measure economi...

Stability of money demand remains an important issue in monetary policy effectiveness. This is because a stable money demand function is an important monetary policy tool in achieving monetary objectives and stability. This paper investigated structural breaks in money demand and its determinants in the South African economy. The study made use of...

The concepts of good governance and effective government have been at the top of the public management agenda over the last decade. Good governance is seen as a central factor in growth and development. The aim of this paper was to analyse the relationships between effective government and predicting variables including GDP per capita, HDI, governm...

Price stability supports accelerated economic growth (GDP), thus the main objective of most central banks is to ensure price stability. The South African economy is experiencing a unique monetary policy dilemma, where a high inflation rate is accompanied by high interest rates and low GDP. This is an unconventional monetary policy scenario and may...

According to the National Development Plan (NDP), the three main developmental problems South Africa is facing include: high levels of unemployment, poverty and inequality. Tourism, as an economic sector, has been cited as a possible solution to create much-needed employment and income which could lead to reduced poverty and improved inequality. To...

The measurement of a region’s progress with regards to achieving its developmental potential, plays a crucial role in improving the prosperity and quality of life of local communities. This process has however proven difficult as contemporary views on measurement of regional development are presented as multi-dimensional concepts. Attempts at measu...

The total economy is affected by inflation which should be effectively controlled to support economic growth. However, in recent years there has been evidence of inefficiencies of inflationary control in South Africa as the country is faced with both structural and cost-push inflation in a low growth economy. The objective of this study was to inve...

Economic growth in South Africa has been in the "doldrums" for the past decade. If well managed, foreign direct investment (FDI) and repo rate (interest rate) could have a positive impact and assist in rapid economic growth so urgently needed in South Africa. FDI has been a driving force for growth in many developing economies. Not enough has been...

The study examined the dynamic interaction between government bonds, exchange rate and inflation in South Africa. The study follows a quantitative research method, using monthly time series data from 2007 to 2017 within the framework of a Vector Autoregressive Analysis (VAR). Evidence from the empirical analysis shows that government bond accounts...

Employment creation remains the pinnacle standard of sound social welfare and economic progress. It is a fundamental driver of economic development for any economy. However, such a pursuit faces tenacious challenges, especially amidst the growing global market integration. This study unravelled the effects of the underlying trade environment mechan...

This study focuses on the effects of oil price changes on food prices in oilexporting developing countries between 2001 and 2014. These effects in net food-importing and oil-exporting, developing countries have not received adequate attention in literature. The methodology included the application of a non-linear panel autoregressive distributed la...

A country’s political stability and trends in economic growth are important factors to attract foreign investment. Most developing countries struggle to achieve political stability and high levels of growth. Due to these issues, developing countries attract limited foreign investment. Applying the Bounds test for cointegration, an ARDL model was ut...

The Sharpeville massacre of 21 March 1960 was a turning point in world history and the struggle against racism, and the day has since been commemorated as the World Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Most South African townships were racially segregated dormitory settlements designed to house the labour force of large plants and mine...

Local government is one of the main role players in local economic development (LED) and need to assist in the creation of an enabling developmental environment for local businesses to prosper. Partnerships are required between local government, businesses and communities for regions to develop, yet in many cases government at this level fails to c...

Globally, but especially in developing countries, economic growth has been low since the financial crises in 2008/2009. Among the key factors that can stimulate growth are government spending and capital investments. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of government expenditure and sectoral investment on economic growth in South Afri...

Development of a region is influenced by the way in which local government develops and implements its policy on the creation of enabling environment for businesses to prosper. The enabling development environment focuses on the role of government in providing the foundation for economic development. The total of 12 enabling development factors wer...

Globally, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute significantly to economic growth and development. Yet, various stumbling blocks exist that hinder SMEs growth and development. South Africa is no different and with the current level of economic and political instability, local SMEs are struggling to achieve their full potential. The aim of t...

Globally, but especially in developing countries, economic growth has been low since the financial crises in 2008/2009. Among the key factors that can stimulate growth are government spending and capital investments. The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of government expenditure and sectoral investment on economic growth in South Afri...

Job creation is at the centre of economic development and remains a source of sustenance for social and human relations. The creation of a job-enabling economic environment is imperative in promoting social and economic cohesiveness in the macro and microeconomic environment. Any shocks to the economy, particularly those of exchange rate shocks and...

The private sector contributes to job creation either directly by creating new positions for job seekers or indirectly by increasing growth that results in job creation for unemployed people. This study employed an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to analyse the long and short run effects of aggregate expenditure on job creation in the p...

Tourism is more often than not overlooked in its ability to alleviate poverty and the promotion of regional economic development. The aim of this study was to assess the importance of tourism in regional economic development and to gain a deeper understanding of the Vaal Triangle’s tourism profile which includes its potential and obstacles in touri...

The concepts of economic development and economic growth differ significantly, but are in some instances used as interchangeable notions. It is important for policy formulators and decision makers to understand the relationship between the two. Development strategies should be formulated to achieve sustainable inclusive economic growth and economic...

Entrepreneurship has been identified as a key contributor to economic growth and job creation by policy makers and researchers alike. The role of entrepreneurship has become more noticeable in societies not only in developed countries but also in developing countries which are in many instances struggling with a variety socio-economic challenges. A...

Local economic development (LED) is seen as one of the prominent and emerging tools in the facilitation of development of on a local and regional level. On the local level, the partners in LED are government, business and communities. Business chambers are the core representative of local businesses and have to play an important role in the coordin...

The word ‘risk’ is usually used in the context of a potential hazard or the possibility of an unfortunate outcome resulting from a given action. In financial management, the term indicates that there is an expectation that the actual outcome of a project may differ from the expected outcome. The magnitude of the possible difference between these ou...

Many researchers and industry leaders have identified business incubators as an alternative method to develop entrepreneurship and support small businesses. Incubators facilitate the success of a large number of start-ups and firms who, in turn, add value and growth to the economy. Eight factors that could influence the performance and success of i...