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Sakala, Henry. "Public-private partnerships in the transport sector : a case study of the railway systems of Zambia Limited." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/980.
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Thesis (MDF (Development Finance))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Historically, passenger railway service has played a vital role in the socio-economic activities in Zambia. Its capacity to transport a great mass of people at a low cost has had a profound appeal, especially amongst the low-income segment of society, in this country. This research report sought to examine the concessioning process for Railway Systems of Zambia Limited in relation to international best practice, to examine the extent of passenger train delays in relation to acceptable international standards and to recommend policy and remedial measures. A review of relevant literature on public-private partnerships in infrastructure projects including passenger railway concessioning and passenger train punctuality, in relation to international standards was undertaken. The research covered the period 2002 to 2007, with an average sample size of 11% (144 passenger train trips out of 1 344). Data from timetables and train logbooks, relating to arriving and departing trains, enabled the computation of the extent of delays or punctuality of trains. While international best practice requires passenger trains to operate at between 90% and 95% punctuality rate within 10 to 15 minutes of the timetable, Railway Systems of Zambia’s passenger trains, for the period 2004 to 2007, recorded between 92% and 100% delay rates for trains expected to arrive within 10 and 15 minutes of the timetable. The maximum delay for the arrival of a train in 2005 was 1 422 minutes (23 hours 42 minutes). Therefore, this research report recommends the formulation of a policy framework, a legal and regulatory framework and the establishment of an institutional arrangement that will be responsible for public-private partnerships projects in Zambia. In addition, increased investment in the railway infrastructure by the concessionaire is recommended in order for trains to increase speed and therefore improve their punctuality.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Histories het spoorweg passasiersdienste nog altyd ‘n deurslaggewende rol in die sosio-ekonomiese aktiwiteite van Zambië gespeel. Die kapasiteit om groot massas mense teen ‘n lae koste te vervoer, was baie aanloklik in hierdie land, veral vir die lae-inkomstegroep van die gemeenskap. Hierdie navorsingsverslag poog om die konsessioneringsproses van die Spoorwegsisteem van Zambië Beperk, in verhouding tot internasionale toppraktyke, te ondersoek; om die omvang van passasierstreinvertragings in verhouding tot internasionaal aanvaarbare standaarde te ondersoek en ook om beleid en herstellende veranderings aan die hand te doen. ‘n Verslag van toepaslike letterkunde oor publiek-private vennootskappe in infrastruktuurprojekte, wat spoorweg passassiers konsessionering en stiptelikheid van passasierstreine vergelyk met internasionale standaarde, is onderneem. Die navorsing dek die periode van 2002 tot 2007, met ‘n gemiddelde steekproef grootte van 11% (144 passasiers treinritte uit ‘n total van 1 344). Data van treinroosters en treinjoernale, wat verband hou met die aankoms en vertrek van treine, het die berekening van die omvang van vertragings of stiptelikheid van die treine moontlik gemaak. Terwyl internasionale toppraktyke vereis dat passasierstreine binne ‘n 90% en 95% stiptelikheidskoers van 10 tot 15 minute, volgens die reisrooster, moet funksioneer, het die passasierstreine van Zambië vir die periode van 2004 tot 2007, ‘n vertragingskoers van tussen 92% en 100% vir treine wat binne 10 tot 15 minute van die reisrooster se tye moes aankom, aangeteken. Die maksimum vertraging op die aankomstyd van ‘n trein was in 2005 teen 1 422 minutes (23 hours 42 minutes). Derhalwe beveel hierdie navorsingsverslag aan dat ‘n beleidsraamwerk en ‘n wets- en reguleringsraamwerk geformuleer moet word, asook die instelling van ‘n genootskapsooreenkoms, wat verantwoordelik sal wees vir die publiek-private vennootskapprojekte in Zambië. Ter aanvulling word ‘n verhoogde belegging, deur die konsessionaris, in die spoorweg infrastruktuur aanbeveel sodat treine vinniger kan ry en dus meer stiptelik sal wees.
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Tjia, Yin Nor. "Explaining railway reform in China : a train of property rights re-arrangements /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?SOSC%202008%20TJIA.
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Tang, Bede Siman. "On the viability of mass rail transit development /." View abstract or full-text, 2009. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?CIVL%202009%20TANG.
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Craig, John Robert. "State enterprise and privatisation in Zambia 1968-1998." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1999. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/461/.
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In the 1980s and 1990s, privatisation has been widely adopted across the developing world and has reversed the previous trend towards the expansion of state enterprise. This thesis examines the establishment, operation and privatisation of the state enterprise sector in Zambia between 1968 and 1998. Following the economic reforms announced at Mulungushi (1968) and Matero Hall (1969), state enterprise came to dominate the economy. In 1990 a policy of limited privatisation was introduced which was subsequently extended to cover the entire state enterprise sector. By the end of 1998, this had resulted in the privatisation of the majority of state enterprises. The thesis examines the changing role of state enterprise from a political perspective, with the state analysed as the agent of policy choice and implementation. It examines the reasons for the growth in state enterprise, evaluates its performance and identifies the factors which prompted the adoption of privatisation and influenced its implementation. It argues that the growth of state enterprise was primarily a response to the inadequacies of the existing private sector in meeting the state's developmental objectives. However, the strategy pursued by the state enterprise sector proved to be commercially and financially unsustainable. To these problems were added pressure from creditors and donors for Zambia to adopt policies of market liberalisation. This resulted in the adoption of a strategy of comprehensive privatisation. The thesis examines how the choice of the method of privatisation of individual enterprises reflected the objectives of the government in undertaking the programme and the constraints under which it was implemented. The Zambian Government sought to promote competitive industrial structures, indigenous ownership and the viability of the enterprises involved in the process. It has, however, been constrained in this by a number of factors, including the existing legal rights of minority shareholders, the weak commercial and financial position of many state enterprises and the macro-economic environment in which the programme has been undertaken.
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Cramer, Barton Emmet. "North American freight rail regulatory evolution, strategic rejuvenation, and the revival of an ailing industry /." Diss., University of Iowa, 2007. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/181.
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Lall, Ashish Carleton University Dissertation Economics. "Cost function regularity and economies of scale, scope, and total factor productivity: an application to class I Canadian railways, 1956-81." Ottawa, 1992.
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Negi, Rohit. "Copper Capitalism Today: Space, State and Development in North Western Zambia." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1248715316.
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Mwefyeni, Ephraim Chali. "The effect of agricultural service provision on performance of smallholder farmers in Zambia." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97172.
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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.Zambia, a country in Sub Saharan Africa, is home to over 13 million people. Of this population, 61 percent are found in rural areas and depend on agriculture for their livelihood, making the sector a key area for the development of the country. Agriculture remains a key sector because of its huge potential and the number of people that are dependent on it. However, smallholder farmers face many challenges, which include inadequate market and price information, inability to access credit, inadequate extension services, low input supply and low usage of hybrid seed amongst others. Given this situation, the study undertook to use quantitative research methods to determine the effect of agricultural services on smallholder performance in Zambia. It also focused on determining whether the sources of agricultural services affect performance. The results of the study reported that sources of fertilizers, maize seed and loans had a significant influence on yield of maize achieved by farmers. Access and utilisation of fertilizer, seed and maize price information had also shown that there was a relationship between these variables and yield produced. With these results, it is imperative to understand and manage the level of government involvement in the provision of agricultural services so that private sector participation is not discouraged.
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Macha, Herbert. "State or public service broadcasting?: an analysis of the coverage of political issues and debates during an election campaign on television news." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006234.
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Public Service Television remains a key institution of democratisation in the context of emerging democracies in Africa, especially with the advent of liberalisation and commercialisation of the media. The democratic changes taking place in Zambia require a genuine public service broadcasting television that will promote pluralism in the public sphere. Among the many available strategies and mechanisms for fostering a sustainable democratic and cultural environment, public service broadcasting is still the best. This study set out to examine representation of political issues and debates during election campaign on ZNBC television news to assess the extent to which it plays a role as a public broadcaster in the mediation of pluralistic politics. Election news on television, in line with the public sphere argument was found to be essential for investigating the nature of public service television from the point of view of impartiality, universality and diversity. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods the study has confirmed the hypothesis that the role of a public service television in the mediation of pluralistic politics is compromised by ZNBC's partial and unbalanced coverage of elections. As a result ZNBC, as a public service broadcaster is undermining the very democracy it is expected to promote. Public service television should take new forms if it is to be recognised and appreciated by the public as a genuine, open and democratic public sphere. I therefore recommend that a system of license fee for viewers be introduced. Secondly, government should increase funding into public service television to supplement revenue from license fee and advertising. Thirdly, I recommend the appointment of an independent board whose members will be appointed for a fixed term, by public nomination and a process of public hearing, according to publicly available criteria, which guarantees diversity of political, ethnic, social and professional background. Fourthly I suggest the formation of an Election News Coverage Committee comprising of journalists, academicians, the church and civic organisation that will formulate and implement editorial policy on election coverage and above all monitor and the coverage of elections on ZNBC television news.
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Lukweza, Chishala. "An investigation into the state-of-practice of information security within Zambian copper mines: a case study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002776.
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Zambian copper mines have embraced the use of information technologies for strategic operations and competitive advantage. This dependence on these technologies has not only been seen in the physical aspects of business operations but also in the use of information systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERPs) for strategic decision making and increased usage of Industrial Control Systems (ICS’) that are meant to enhance operational efficiency in production areas. A survey was conducted to explore leadership perceptions on information security practices in Zambian copper mines and an ISO/IEC 27002 Audit Tool was administered to middle management in a particular mine for an in-depth analysis of their information security practices. Results revealed that although information security controls may have been put in place in these organisations, there are still areas that require attention. Senior management and middle management have different perceptions as to the extent to which information security practices are conducted in these copper mines. This implies that management may not be fully involved in certain aspects of these organisations’ information security practices. The results concluded that management needs to be fully involved and provide support for information security programs. Furthermore, these information security programs should be standardised so as to effectively protect these organisations’ information assets. This should also include the involvement of personnel as key players in the information security process.
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IJzermans, J. J. E. M. "History and state of the art of music in Chibale, Zambia in the 1980s." [S.l. : Amsterdam : s.n.] ; Universiteit van Amsterdam [Host], 2007. http://dare.uva.nl/document/54361.
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Mudhai, Okoth Fredrick. "Challenges to the hegemonic African state : media and civil society in Kenya and Zambia." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.431906.
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The central argument in this thesis is that urban-based political Civil Society actors, particularly Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and news media, in both Kenya and Zambia, perceive Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as presenting them with significant opportunities for achieving greater democracy. Representatives of these non-state actors view the Internet, e-mail and the cell phone in particular as tools that have not only enhanced their operational efficiency but also helped them overcome obstacles that the ruling elites often erected - using human, material and ideological state machinery - to stifle any form of challenge to their incumbency. Increasingly, the new media enable the non-state actors to engage in cross-border communicational activities as a way of effecting changes within states. They facilitate what David Held has described as webs of relations and networks that stretch across national borders. However, unlike recent cosmopolitan approaches to democratic theory and practice, this study privileges local conditions and off-line factors concomitant with the use of rapidly diffusing new media technology. Taking a structural approach to democratic theory and thereby employing the civil society perspective with a focus on a recently modified public sphere concept, this thesis makes a significant contribution to knowledge through an empirical study based on interviews carried out in Nairobi and Lusaka around crucial election epoch. By providing a rare insight into perceptions on new media by a category of Africa's political actors who have been not only considered early ICT adopters and topmost users, but also largely accredited for recent waves of democratisation, this study departs from a plethora of existing literature that have been overly deterministic in favour of technological and conjectural slants to new media in the developing world. To augment authenticity and validity, every effort is made to contextualise the interviewees' claims. This directly addresses a substantial gap in the literature which has been widely identified but not, so far, addressed. The thesis has four core arguments which form the basis of its claim to originality. First of all, it argues that democratisation in Zambia and Kenya is not merely illusionary, and that the new media have played some role in the transfer of power and political activity from a narrow political elite. To that extent at least, it supports the widespread 'democratisation through new media' thesis. But at the same time, and secondly, it takes a critical view of the naivety of many of the proponents of that argument, and points out that that naivety is sustained, at least in large part, by a tendency to over-generalisation. Through very detailed and carefully researched case studies, the thesis demonstrates that the process of both democratisation and the deployment of the new media by CSOs and NOOs is more complex and much more nuanced than the literature on the subject usually suggests. Thirdly, then, the thesis is original in so far as it is grounded in the original field work which has been conducted over a sustained period of time, including a number of visits to the case study countries and interviews and communications with many of the key players as well as the main theorists in the field. As a former journalist in Kenya, the author is aware that he has at once a privileged position in doing this research, which has allowed him access and insights which might well be denied to others, and at the same time a potentially dangerous proximity to the material, 'dangerous' here in a methodological sense. The strategies which have been used to counter those potential dangers are outlined and explained in the earlier chapters of the study. Fourthly, and finally, the thesis is original in its critical use of the Habennassian notion of the public sphere and its relationship to the potential for degrees of genuine or emancipatory democracy. That concept is helpful in explaining processes of socio-political change in Kenya and Zambia; the limitations may also be helpful to explain why the process of democratisation, though real, has been partial, and why the new media have only partially fulfilled the aspirations which their proponents have held for them in the specific context studied here.
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Chileshe, Roy Alexander. "Land tenure and rural livelihoods in Zambia: case studies of Kamena and St. Joseph." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&.
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This study explores how land and natural resources in rural communities are accessed, used, and managed in livelihoods. In particular it examines first, crop field tenure, and livelihoods in natural resources. Second it explores factors that mediate access, use and control of land and natural resources within village communities. Empirical data are explored from two rural village communities of Kamena and St. Joseph located in the Northern and Copperbelt provinces of Zambia respectively. The study argues first that land and natural resource rights underpin land based livelihood activities of rural people, the most important of which are subsistence and cash crop farming, and the gathering and processing of common property resources. Second the thesis argues that land tenure reform impacts on the rural population as a whole and not just on cash crop farmers, and should thus situate the needs of farmers for secure tenure within the wider context of diverse rural household livelihood strategies. The study concludes that social differences (along the axes of wealth, gender and descent), traditional institutions (uxorilocal or virilocal marriage, polygamy, inheritance and succession) and government policy are central in determining access, use and control of land and natural resources in rural livelihoods. It is submitted that, rather than being replaced, customary land tenure, and traditional land administration structures in rural Zambia should be adapted to current social and economic realities in which individuals and households create their multiple livelihoods. Further, it is concluded that land tenure reform is not a sufficient condition for rural livelihood sustainability. Thus complementary agrarian measures to address the vulnerability context of rural households are recommended.
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Siame, D. N. "Small-scale agricultural development in Zambia and Zimbabwe : a comparative study of state delivery systems." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.306174.
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Soest, Christian von. "The African state and its revenues how politics influences tax collection in Zambia and Botswana." Baden-Baden Nomos, 2006. http://d-nb.info/995766177/04.
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Drapatz, Christoph. "Die Zukunft der Deutschen Bahn : alternative Wettbewerbs- und Privatisierungsszenarien zur Eisenbahnreform /." Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2008. http://d-nb.info/989621022/04.
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Wong, Kam. "Public transport competition between bus and rail." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B3159475X.
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Klenner, Markus. "Eisenbahn und Politik 1758-1914 : vom Verhältnis der europäischen Staaten zu ihren Eisenbahnen /." Wien : WUV, 2002. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=009953166&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Chabatama, Chewe Mebbiens. "Peasant farming, the state, and food security in the north-western province of Zambia, 1902--1964." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0005/NQ41122.pdf.
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Burt, James Augustus. "An investigation of the relationship between class I railroad employment and TEU traffic at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, California: 1997-2006." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2008. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-04042008-091302.
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Raschke, Dagmar. "Die Regionalisierung als Voraussetzung der Entwidmung von Bahnanlagen." Hamburg Kovač, 2007. http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/978-3-8300-2888-8.htm.
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Masindi, Ntungufhadzeni Austin. "Foreign direct investment through privatisation of state-owned enterprises : a comparative analysis of South Africa and Zambia." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51767.
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Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This assignment seeks to explore the role of privatisation in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) to South Africa and Zambia. In doing this, literature review method based on primary and secondary documentary sources have been utilised. In order to attract FDI, the study revealed that it is necessary to get the policy environment right. Creating an investor-friendly environment which promises good return on investment in line with the international "regulatory" framework - the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) requirements - is therefore significantly important. The World Bank regards Zambia's privatisation programme as the model for Africa. South Africa finds itself in a contradictory position. On the one hand it is the leading economic power in Africa, while on the other hand it still lags behind in terms of restructuring its parastatals. Privatisation programme in South Africa has been very slow. However, the government and other stakeholders, particularly in 1997, have been trying to get privatisation off the ground. The conclusion is that both South Africa and Zambia succeeded in attracting FDI through their processes of privatisation. In both countries major FDI inflows have been an outcome of privatisation. FDI is important for creating employment, debt reduction, empowerment, transfer of technology and managerial skills. However, these countries follow different approaches to privatisation. Due to the slow privatisation pace in South Africa, it is recommended that South Africa learn from Zambia's approach and experience. This would enable South Africa to fully explore some of the benefits of privatisation.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie opdrag ondersoek die rol van privatisering in die trek van direkte buitelandse beleggings (DBB) in Suid-Afrika en Zambie. Ten einde hierdie doelstelling te kon bereik is 'n literere oorsig van primere en sekondere bronne gedoen. Hierdie studie het bevind dat 'n gunstige beleidsomgewing DBB sal trek. Die skep van 'n beleggings-vriendelike omgewing wat goeie dividende beloof en in Iyn is met die internasionale "regulerende" raamwerk - die Wereldbank se International Finance Corporation (IFC), Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) en World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) - se vereistes is van kardinale belang. Die Wereld Bank beskou Zambie se privatiseringsprogram as die model program vir Afrika. Suid-Afrika bevind haarself in 'n teenstrydige posisie. Aan die een kant is sy Afrika se voorste ekonomiese moondheid, en aan die anderkant is die programme om haar staatsondernemings te herstruktureer nog in hul kinderskoene. Privatiseringsprogramme in Suid Afrika het tot dusver baie stadig verloop. In 1997 het die regering en ander belanghebbende partye egter privatisering van die grond af probeer kry. Die konklusie is dat beide Suid-Afrika en Zambie daarin geslaag het om DBB te lok met hul privatiseringsprogramme. In beide lande was groot DBB die uitkoms van privatisering. DBB is belangrik om werk te skep, skuld vereffening, bemagtiging, en die oordrag van tegnologie en bestuursvaardighede. Hierdie lande volg egter verskillende benaderings tot die privatiseringsproses. Vanwee die stadige privatiseringsproses in Suid Afrika word die voorstel gemaak dat Suid-Afrika by Zambie leer in hul benadering en ervaring. Dit sal Suid-Afrika toelaat om al die voordele van privatisering te ontdek.
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Lerz, Stefan. "Congestion theory and railway traffic /." Capelle a/d IJssel : Labyrint, 1996. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=007375963&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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Chabala, Mwila. "Privatization of State Owned Enterprises: An Analysis of Impact on Regional Migration Patterns in Zambia Between 1990-2000." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografi, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-89741.
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Throughout history, migration has been an ongoing phenomenon driven by various factors ranging from social, political, economic and environmental situations. Zambia is not immune to migration and has seen a considerable share of its population engage in both internal and external migratory activities. Recognising the important role that migration plays in any economy and how it is influenced by circumstances prevailing at different points in time, this thesis seeks to analyse migration flows between Zambia's regions and the impact that privatisation of state owned enterprises had on migration patterns between 1990 and 2000. Because of challenges in gathering statistics to conduct a thorough quantitative analysis, the study employs a descriptive methodology using statistics collected from the Central Statistics Office online data catalogue and institutions such as the World Bank. The statistics are organised, calculated and analysed using Microsoft Excel and GIS Arcmap. The results indicate that soon after privatisation began in 1991, there was a sharp reduction in employment figures and a reduction in the proportion of urban population. The proportion of rural destined migrants was 2.3 times higher than that of urban destined migrants during the period of privatisation, an indication that people were leaving urban areas for rural areas. Return migration also rose, however, the country experienced both urbanisation and counter urbanisation during the period 1990-2000. Findings of this study show similarities to Beauchemin & Schoumaker's (2006) findings in Burkina Faso were changes in migration patterns were observed after the economy underwent structural change in the 1980's.
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Kalula, Evance. "Labour legislation and policy in a post-colonial state : attempts to incorporate trade unions in Zambia, 1971-86." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1988. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/110037/.
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This is a study of some of the major aspects of the development of post-colonial labour policy in Zambia. It examines the Zambian Government's attempts to 'incorporate' trade unions into its strategy of national development. Except for such later references as it was possible to include, it covers the period from 1971 to 1986. The purpose of the study is to examine the role played by law in the Zambian Government's attempts to incorporate trade unions and the rank and file sufficiently in the plans for national development. Zambian trade unions at independence were quite autonomous. Given the power and autonomy of trade unions, their attitude and approach have been viewed by the Government as crucial elements of national development. The Government has, therefore, progressively adopted measures aimed at the closer control and regulation of the trade union movement and its membership. In spite of such attempts, however, the approach in Zambia has been less coercive than in some other African countries. The Government has tended to rely on "pressure rather than force". In this context government reforms are examined in four key areas: the regulation of trade union activity, the restructuring of collective bargaining (including incomes policy), industrial conflict and dispute settlement procedures, and workers' participation. It is concluded that the Government has not achieved its stated major objectives. Although trade unions and their members have generally accepted the Government's overall authority to set the agenda of national development, they have resisted attempts to curtail their autonomy. It is on account of this failure that the Government now intends to integrate trade unions into the State completely.
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Choi, Eunbong. "The break-up and privatization policy of the Japan National Railways, 1980-87 : a case study of Japanese public policy-making structure and process /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/26965626.html.
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Chan, Tak-hin Eric, and 陳德軒. "A comparative analysis of railway patronage in two metropolitian [i.e.metropolitan] cities: Hong Kong and New YorkCity." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2009. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B43703999.
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Waitayangkoon, Chalermpol. "Factors Affecting the Efficient Performance of the Thai State Railway Authority: a Time-Series Data Analysis." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1988. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc330635/.
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The Thai State Railway Authority (RSR) is a public enterprise in Thailand. As an organization its performance is subject to the argument of contingency theorists that operating efficiency is dependent upon various factors both in the internal and external environments of the enterprise. Most of the internal factors are those that organization theorists in the developed world have identified such as goals and objectives, resources, and organization structures. Meanwhile, external factors such as political, economic and social conditions of the society are regarded as indirect factors that have less importance than do the internal factors. Scholars of the developing world have argued that political, social and economic conditions in the society are as important as internal factors. These factors may have a very significant influence on the enterprises and on the society as a whole. Consequently, public enterprises in developing countries always encounter the same problem of operating inefficiency. The RSR is selected as a case study because of its advantages over the other public enterprises in Thailand in terms of size of operation, length of service, and data availability. For the purpose of this project, data are collected from 1960 to 1984 for longitudinal analysis. The methods of analysis are divided into two major sections: simple regression testing and multiple regression testing. The principal component technique is used in both testings to reduce variables to a smaller number for further analysis. The simple regression tests yielded mixed results, but the multiple regression tests resulted in significant relationships. The three new factors derived from the factor analysis technique were labeled as "the organizational pressures," "the socio-political downturn," and "the public criticisms." They explained 84% of all the variance of operating efficiency. The other 16% was the effect of other factors including the management skills, which were excluded from this analysis.
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Beele, Ernest Muketoi. "The state, law and workers' participation policies in Zambia, 1969-1989 : a study of the origins and development of law and participation policy in a developing country." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1991. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/4119/.
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This thesis is a study of the origins and development of law and workers' participation policies in Zambia from their inception in 1969 to 1989. The research was focussed at three levels of investigation: why was workers' participation introduced; what factors have determined its development; and whether the results suggest that state involvement, and the use of law in particular, has made a useful contribution to these industrial relations policies. The value of the work is threefold. First, it makes a modest but significant contribution to the understanding of law and industrial relations in post-independence Zambia. Second, it disputes and, in large measure, seeks to contradict earlier explanations thought to have determined the origins and development of participation policies in the country. Third, it provides original insights into the 1971 and 1988 workers' participation legislation. The methods of investigation have been largely historical and comparative. It analysed primary and secondary materials, supplemented by discussion interviews. Theoretical guidance was drawn from critical studies of corporations, labour law and industrial relations. The study reveals that the origins of workers' participation in Zambia is connected to the political objective in the 1960s of assuring the participation of Zambians in the ownership and management of the economy. Consequently, it argues that the development of these policies is best understood in the context of this origin as well as of the structures and institutions upon which they were erected in the 1970s. Turning to the assessment, it found that very little industrial relations effects have been demonstrated. This was partly a result of three interlocking factors. First, weak and inconsistent laws. Second, the failure to develop the widest possible consensus on participation policies. Third, the absence of economic and political conditions under which the confidence of managers and workers could be won towards state policies.
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黃鑑 and Kam Wong. "Public transport competition between bus and rail." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3159475X.
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Silva, Marcel Pereira da. "Nos trilhos da incerteza: a Rede Sul Mineira no contexto ferroviário brasileiro (1910 - 1934)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8137/tde-19092018-144601/.
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Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a trajetória de uma empresa de transporte ferroviário, localizada basicamente no Sul de Minas Gerais, e formada em 1910. Neste mesmo ano, foi realizado um contrato de arrendamento entre o governo federal e a Companhia Viação Férrea Sapucaí. Esta empresa alterou seu nome para Companhia de Estradas de Ferro Federais, CEFFB Rede Sul Mineira, e administrou suas linhas juntamente com as linhas das outras duas companhias arrendadas, a Companhia Estrada de Ferro Muzambinho e Estrada de Ferro Minas e Rio. Com muita expectativa e poucas ações, o desempenho financeiro da Rede Sul Mineira se mostrou ruim, principalmente com o aumento dos custos operacionais, instabilidade no transporte de café, concorrência com outras ferrovias (sobretudo com a Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro, que também construiu ramais na região) e a eclosão da Primeira Guerra Mundial, realidade que também abarcou outras ferrovias brasileiras. O resultado foi a deterioração das condições do tráfego e a realização de empréstimos franceses, que oneraram ainda mais o frágil quadro financeiro da empresa. Paralelamente, como condição específica da Sul Mineira, percebemos que a relação entre homens de governo, o capital estrangeiro e os negócios da empresa tomou uma dimensão intensa e conturbada, não sendo uma exclusividade dos dias atuais. Tendo o Sul de Minas Gerais se tornado um viveiro de políticos que comandaram o governo estadual e ocuparam até mesmo a Presidência da República, a atuação de políticos profissionais em sua administração foi constante, e reproduziu os embates registrados em tempos de eleições. Entre 1920 e 1921, o governo federal rescindiu o contrato e encampou a companhia. Entre 1921 e 1922, a União entrou em acordo com o estado de Minas Gerais para arrendar a rede ferroviária sul-mineira, em um momento em que o Estado ampliou consideravelmente sua participação na administração de estradas de ferro. Assim, entre 1922 e começo de 1931, a empresa teve o nome alterado para Rede de Viação Sul Mineira. Apesar da piora do desempenho financeiro, estes anos foram marcados por uma tentativa de melhora dos serviços e regularidade do tráfego. Em 1931, um novo contrato de arrendamento foi feito entre a União e Minas Gerais, quando foi criada a Rede Mineira de Viação (RMV). Além da Rede de Viação Sul Mineira, que passou a se chamar Estrada de Ferro Sul de Minas, a RMV também foi composta Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas (EFOM, até então administrada pelo governo federal) e Estrada de Ferro Paracatu, que foi incorporada à EFOM e já era administrada pelo governo de Minas. Ao que indicam as fontes, as estradas que formavam a Rede Mineira de Viação sobreviveram com relativa autonomia até 1934, ano limite desta pesquisa. Ainda neste mesmo ano, foi publicado o primeiro Plano Nacional Geral da Viação, que de alguma maneira representou uma mudança na forma como a União tentou lidar com a questão dos transportes no país.This work has the objective of analyzing the trajectory of a railway transport company, basically located in the South of Minas Gerais, and formed in 1910. Between 1910 and 1920, a lease contract was executed between the federal government and the Companhia Viação Férrea Sapucaí. This company changed its name to Companhia de Estradas de Ferro Federais, CEFFB - Rede Sul Mineira, and managed its lines along with the lines of the other two leased companies, Companhia Estrada de Ferro Muzambinho and Estrada de Ferro Minas e Rio. With a lot of expectation and a few actions, the financial performance of Rede Sul Mineira proved to be poor, mainly due to the increase in operating costs, instability in coffee transportation, competition with other railroads (mainly with Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro), which also built branches in the region) and the outbreak of World War I, a reality that also encompassed other Brazilian railroads. The result was deteriorating traffic conditions and french loans, which further burdened the company\'s fragile financial framework. At the same time, as a specific condition of Rede Sul Mineira, we perceive that the relationship between government men, foreign capital and the company\'s business has taken on an intense and troubled dimension, not being an exclusivity of the present day. Since the South of Minas Gerais became a \"nursery\" for politicians who commanded the state government and even occupied the Presidency of the Republic, the professional politicians\' performance in its administration was constant, and reproduced the clashes registered in times of elections. Between 1920 and 1921, the federal government rescinded the contract and warded the company. Between 1921 and 1922, the Union entered into an agreement with the state of Minas Gerais to lease the railroad south of Minas Gerais, at a time when the state has considerably expanded its participation in the administration of railroads. Thus, between 1922 and early 1931, the company had the name changed to Rede de Viação Sul Mineira. Despite the worsening financial performance, these years were marked by an attempt to improve services and traffic regularity. In 1931, a new lease was made between the União and Minas Gerais, when the Rede Mineira de Viação (RMV) was created. In addition to the Sul de Mineira Road Network, which was renamed Estrada de Ferro Sul de Minas, the RMV was also composed of the Estrada de Ferro Oeste de Minas (EFOM, formerly administered by the federal government) and Paracatu Railroad, which was incorporated to EFOM and was already administered by the Minas government. As indicated by the sources, the roads that formed the Rede Mineira de Viação survived with relative autonomy until 1934, the limit year of this research. Also in the same year, the first Plano Nacional Geral de Viação was published, which in a way represented a change in the way the Union tried to give it the issue of transport in the country.
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Silva, Marcel Pereira da. "De gado a café: as ferrovias no sul de Minas Gerais (1874-1910)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8137/tde-13032013-102059/.
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O presente trabalho tem como objetivo estudar três companhias férreas do sul da província e depois estado de Minas Gerais: E.F. Minas e Rio, Cia. Viação Férrea Sapucaí e Cia. E.F. Muzambinho, para entender, em termos de atividades econômicas, o que existia no Sul de Minas Gerais no advento de suas ferrovias, e o que mudou com a chegada e formação delas. Estas empresas serviram a maior parte do chamado Sul de Minas, uma região que possuía um quadro produtivo diversificado em nosso recorte cronológico. Os fluxos demonstravam uma forte tendência dos produtos sul mineiros ao comércio interprovincial/interestadual, principalmente com o Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo. As atividades relacionadas a agricultura e pecuária voltadas para o abastecimento ou consumo interno predominavam quando os trilhos são inaugurados, e a produção cafeeira ainda era incipiente, mas se expandia com consistência. Contudo, com o passar dos anos e o prolongamento dos trilhos, o perfil produtivo sul mineiro começa a se alterar. Não obstante o forte aumento da exportação de gado, o café caminha para se tornar o principal produto agrícola sul mineiro. Porém, os tradicionais produtos exportados pela região ainda continuam com forte presença até 1910, que é justamente o ano em que as três companhias são aglutinadas e forma-se a Companhia de Estradas Férreas Federais Brasileiras, CEFFB Rede Sul Mineira. Foi também muito importante a presença da Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro em alguns pontos da região, que captou boa parte da produção local e consequentemente desviou a exportação de localidades que utilizavam ou potencialmente poderiam utilizar os serviços das outras três companhias.This research has the aim to study three Minas Gerais south railroads companies: E.F. Minas e Rio, Cia. Viação Férrea Sapucaí e Cia. Estrada de Ferro Muzambinho, to understand, in economics activities subjects, what existed in the south of Minas Gerais in outset of yours railroads, and what change their arrive and expansion. This enterprises served the great most south of Minas Gerais, a region that had a diversify production in later ninethy century. The outflow shown a strong tendence of south of Minas Gerais goods to the interprovincial interchange, Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo mainly. Agriculture and stock farming activities to the supply, predominated when the rails arrived, and the coffee production was still in the begin, but has expanded with force. However, along the years and with the rails expansion, the productive profile started change. Despite the strong growth of cattle exportation, the coffee walked to turn the main good of the south of Minas Gerais. However, the tradicionals exported goods still with great importance until 1910, the same year that the three companies are joined to creat the Companhia de Estradas de Ferro Federais Brasileiras, CEFFB Rede Sul Mineira. Too much important too was the presence of the Companhia Mogiana de Estradas de Ferro in some places of region, the captured a great part of local production and thereafter desviated the exportations of cities that used or potencialy could to use the services of the other ones companies.
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Pozzer, Guilherme Pinheiro. "A antiga estação da Companhia Paulista em Campinas : estrutura simbolica transformadora da cidade (1872-2002)." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/279439.
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Orientador: Silvana Barbosa RubinoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas
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Resumo: A pesquisa tem como objeto de estudo a antiga estação ferroviária da Companhia Paulista em Campinas, a atual Estação Cultura e pretende evidenciar como se deu a inserção da edificação na cidade tendo como enfoque as representações simbólicas acerca da mesma. Dessa forma, procura-se entender a historicidade da estação para compreender o simbolismo que ela adquiriu e como ele se transformou ao longo dos anos, desde sua implantação na cidade, passando por seu tombamento como patrimônio histórico e sua resignificação como centro cultural.Além de apresentar uma interpretação sobre a estação de Campinas e sua relação com a cidade, procura-se evidenciar, a partir da crítica sobre outras produções acerca do tema das ferrovias no Brasil, uma possibilidade de caminho a ser seguido, por meio da introdução à disciplina arqueologia industrial
Abstract: This research the ancient railway station from Companhia Paulista in Campinas, the current Estação Cultura (cultural station) and intends to bring to evidence how the insertion of edification took place in town, focusing on symbolic representations regarding the station. Through this means, it is attempted to understand the history of the station to comprehend the symbolism that it acquired and how this has changed over the years, since its establishment, then becoming an historical preservation site and its reestablishment as a cultural centre. Beyond presenting an interpretation of the railway station in Campinas and its relation to the city, the study tryes to clarify the possibility of another perpective by introducing the industrial archeology discipline, based on other studies regarding railsroads in Brazil
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Politica, Memoria e Cidade
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Källberg, Christoffer. "Catch up if you can : A comparative study of institutional and economic development." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Social Sciences, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2402.
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This thesis examines the correlation between economic growth and the prevalence of a number of institutions that according to a theory elaborated by economists Christer Gunnarsson and Mauricio Rojas are growth promoting. The economic development and the institutional quality of four African countries, namely Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, is examined by comparing index scores for relevant institutional factors. The results show that some correlation between economic growth and the prevalence of the institutions examined can be confirmed, why the theory only gains moderate support. A minor attempt is also made to trace potential correlations between the level of economic equality and the institutions in question, but no correlation is found in this respect.
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Moratelli, Thiago. "Os trabalhadores da construção da Estrada de Ferro Noroeste do Brasil : experiencias operarias em um sistema de trabalho de grande empreitada (São Paulo e Mato Grosso, 1905-1914)." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/281967.
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Orientador: Fernando Teixeira da SilvaDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas
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Resumo: Esta dissertação trata da história social dos trabalhadores da construção da estrada de ferro Noroeste do Brasil. O estudo aborda o sistema de trabalho adotado durante a realização das obras de construção da ferrovia e as experiências dos trabalhadores em São Paulo e Mato Grosso entre 1905 e 1914. Apesar de atravessar terrenos difíceis e insalubres em sua maior parte, a estrada de ferro Noroeste do Brasil foi construída em tempo recorde devido à mobilização de milhares de trabalhadores recrutados em diversas regiões do país e do exterior. A dissertação considera a construção da ferrovia como um empreendimento em si mesmo. Neste sentido, analisa o processo de recrutamento dos trabalhadores, as condições de vida de trabalho, a luta da imprensa operária contra a ferrovia, a criminalidade e aspectos do cotidiano e do mundo do trabalho da construção da estrada de ferro Noroeste do Brasil
Abstract: This dissertation is a social history laborers in the construction of Noroeste do Brasil railroad system. The study deals with the labor system adopted during the realization of the railroad tracks and worker's experiences in São Paulo and Mato Grosso between 1905 and 1914. Although the majority Noroeste do Brasil railroad spans very difficult and unhealthy terrain, it was constructed in record time due to the mobilization of thousands of workers recruited from diverse regions of the country, within and outside the boundaries of the nation. The dissertation considers the construction of the railroad as an undertaking in itself. In this sense, it analyzes the process of recruitment, worker's living conditions, and the fight by the working class press against the construction of the railroad, criminality, and other aspects of quotidian life in the construction of Noroeste do Brasil railroad system
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Historia Social
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Kennedy, Robert Dawson. "State intervention in the railroads in the United States and Britain, 1830-1985 Toward a theory of incremental and stepwise growth of statism in advanced capitalism /." 1985. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/12867711.html.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1985.Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 455-465).
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Njovu, David. "The religious implications of the declaration of Zambia as a Christian state." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1051.
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The study looked at the religious implications of declaring Zambia a Christian nation. The conclusion arrived at was that Zambia is not a Christian nation because of the following reasons:
• A nation cannot be Christian by proclamation, but by the life styles of
individuals who call themselves Christians.
• Zambia's constitution guarantees freedom for all religions found in
Zambia. Individuals have a freedom to have or adopt a religion or
belief of their own choice without being coerced by any means.
• The declaration had no theological backing. The scriptures used in the
declaration were out of context.
• The declaration was po1itical as opposed to being religious. The
supporters ofthe declaration argued that President Chiluba was
appointed by God and whoever disagreed with him, disagreed with
God.
• Zambian Christianity is diverse in the sense that there are different
denominations with different doctrines and emphasis.Religious Studies and Arabic
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Mwangala, Raymond Mwangala. "Found a modern nation-state on Christian values? : a theological assessment of Zambian Humanism /." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/600.
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Mizutani, Fumitoshi. "Japanese urban railways a private - public comparison /." 1993. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/29185968.html.
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Brink, Basil Niel. "A systems approach to property management in state departments and state-owned enterprises." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/4490.
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D.Phil.The primary objective of this thesis is to follow a systems approach to improve property management in state departments and state-owned enterprises. The public sector, bureaucracy and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) globally and in South Africa (SA) are examined using a systems approach to provide the context for property management in state departments and SOEs. The effectiveness of property management in SA‟s National Department of Public Works and National Department of Public Enterprises are evaluated. Property management in rail transportation organisations globally and in SA receives focused attention. The SA state-owned company Transnet Limited, primarily a rail transportation enterprise, and Propnet, Transnet‟s property management unit, are examined in depth. Lessons learned, findings and recommendations are presented in a Management Matrix. The Management Matrix is incorporated in a State Property Management Transformation System, the implementation of which will improve property management in state departments and SOEs both globally and in SA.
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Chirambo, Kondwani. "The impact of democratisation on state media system in Zambia : the case of times newspapers." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4706.
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This thesis explores the manner in which political-economic forces born of
democratisation have shaped media developments in Zambia, affected the welfare of
journalists and the viability of the state owned press epitomised by the Times
Newspapers. The aim is to inform the privatisation policy discourse.
Using a political economy analysis, the thesis unveils the historical intimacy between
nationalist administrations and multinational business elites and how these forces - often
working in collusion - influenced patterns of media ownership, inhibited labour rights and
controlled communicative activity – indicative of how the state and markets can
constrain freedom of expression and association, despite democratisation.
The thesis contends that the uncertainty of neo-patrimonial conditions that characterised
the post colonial era has not dissipated to a great extent and continues to undermine
media and institutional reform in today’s liberally inclined Zambia.
Pervasive clientelism has also compromised popular perceptions of state media
systems, subverting competitiveness and the propagandist function of the Times
Newspapers in the liberalised market, a point empirically illustrated through the analysis
of market and public opinion data.Communication Science
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Ahmed, Rahima. "The changing roles of the state and transnational corporations in the development of mining in Zambia : an evaluation of influences on the transition from state to private ownership of the mining sector." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10894.
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This dissertation principally analyses: (i) the privatisation of Zambia’s copper mines;
(ii) the impact of state and private ownership and control of the mines on development;
and (iii) the roles of mining TNCs in the Zambian economy. The research covers the
period from independence in 1964 to 2006/7, but mainly focuses on the 1991 to 2006/7
period. The validity of several neo-classical theoretical views and counter-arguments
pertaining to the social and economic benefits of privatisation and the private ownership
and the activities of mining TNCs is tested in the mining sector study. The methodology
is based on a case study comprising fieldwork and literature research, utilising a
qualitative approach and an inductive method. The conclusions of the study could
enhance knowledge from which other developing countries intent on privatising their
SOEs could draw, as privatisation studies of sub-Saharan countries have mostly
overlooked analyses of the social impact of the private ownership of enterprises. Key
findings of the study are that the privatisation and private ownership of the mines by
TNCs have failed to produce net positive socio-economic outcomes for Zambia.
Furthermore, under private ownership of the mines, the political-economic benefits
have shifted, mainly concentrating the surpluses from mining in favour of mining
TNCs. The primary recommendations from the study are that certain measures, in
particular a strong state capacity, are fundamental in enabling greater and more
equitable redistribution of benefits for the country from privatisation, private ownership
and the economic activities of mining TNCs.
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Sakyi, Kwesi Atta. "The discontinuity between education policy and implementation in secondary school education in Zambia : 1964-1998." Diss., 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17654.
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This dissertation focuses attention on the trends in secondary school education globally, with
the Zambia backdrop providing a platform for a comparative study of the global scenario.
Research results reveal that analysis of education planning and the process of policy
formulation may be hinged on different ideological, economic, technological and social
premises.
Shifts in regimes and ideologies have often left behind paradigm shifts and
discontinuities in the educational sectors of countries. The processes of globalisation and
internal accommodation of national forces have conjoined to impact heavily on
educational policies. Be it in commandist Russia or neo-liberal USA, there. has always been
the felt need to use education planning as a leverage to score multiple points,
including the gaining of national competitive advantage on the frontiers of knowledge and
intelligence.
There is strong evidence in this dissertation to suggest that exhaustive policy analysis is
cardinal to the successful implementation of education policies in Zambia, more
especially in this post-modern age of information sharingPublic Administration and Management
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Mehrotra, Shagun. "Reinventing Infrastructure Economics: Theory and Empirics." Thesis, 2012. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8FX7HJD.
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My dissertation is a study of the conditions under which state-owned enterprises improve infrastructure services--transport, energy, and water--particularly in developing countries. This research is relevant because, despite successful privatization of infrastructure that yielded over trillion and a half dollars in investments since 1990, infrastructure provision remains dominated by state-owned enterprises (Estache & Fay, 2007; Gomez-Ibanez, 2003). The OECD estimates that over the next two decades, US $35 to 40 trillion will be required to meet the global infrastructure deficit. At least half of this investment will be made by governments, particularly in, but not limited to, developing countries (OECD, 2007). In contrast to conventional wisdom, my research identifies mechanisms for reforming public infrastructure utilities through a new recipe for an inclusive reform framework that, unlike the textbook approach, jointly optimizes equity and efficiency without privatization. This dissertation contrasts the world's largest public utility, the Indian Railways, with the ideal-type textbook privatization, illustrated with the case of the British Railways' privatization. I focus on the Indian Railways as a paradigmatic example of how to reform infrastructure-providing state-owned enterprises while balancing equity with efficiency concerns. I analyze primary data gathered through 100 in-depth interviews and on-site observations. The fieldwork was conducted over a period of two years, including half a year at the Office of the Minister for Indian Railways. In addition, I utilize secondary data through archival review of policy documents and analyze fifty years of the Railways' statistics. My dissertation shows how the Indian Railways was transformed, between 2005-2008, counter intuitively, without privatization, retrenchment, or fare-hikes for poor passengers, under the leadership of a populist politician, the then Minister of Railways. I explain how the Railways' was rescued from near bankruptcy in 2001 to realize US $6 billion annual surplus in 2008. An essential element of the Indian Railway's complex strategy was to leverage existing assets by operating faster, longer, and heavier trains on the supply-side, as opposed to investing in asset accumulation. On the demand-side, the Railways shed a monopoly mind-set in favor of customer centric, dynamic, and differential pricing and service provision. Based on the positive case of Indian Railways, I derive an equitable alternative to infrastructure reform: A tripartite inclusive reform framework--diagnostic, invention, and agency. First, crafting space for reform by diagnosis and navigation of conflicting and competing interest groups to isolate apolitical variables that jointly increase efficiency and equity outcomes. Second, reinventing reforms by focusing on all manipulable variables for supply optimization and demand responsiveness, because profit in public utilities is a function of several manipulable variables, not only fares and wages. Third, agency, through radical incrementalism, an approach to minimize the risk of catastrophic errors, and yet yield rapid transformations.
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Rocha, Judite dos Santos. "A feasibility assessment of Government's road-to-rail policy implementation : a freight logistics perspective." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/25116.
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A severe capital shortage in South Africa during the 1980s resulted in significant losses for both freight and passenger rail, which gave rise to cutbacks in new investments for rail. By 1986 expenditure on fixed rail assets was reduced from R1.44 billion to R500 million; this was the beginning of the decline of freight rail. During this period freight transport was deregulated and road freight used this opportunity to compete with rail transport in the same market segment by transporting bulk goods on long hauls. The result of this was an increase in truck traffic on the roads, causing a negative impact on the conditions of the road and placing freight rail in a continuous decline, leading to the obsolete state of the rail infrastructure, rolling stock and its under-utilisation. This had a detrimental impact on freight rail and the economy.
Having realised the extent of the problem, government, through the Department of Transport (DoT), decided to intervene by changing the current model of the freight transport system. To that effect the DoT is in the process of developing a National Rail Policy, with the main focus being to encourage the shift of freight transportation of bulk commodities from road to rail.
As the National Rail Agency, Transnet undertakes all South Africa‟s freight rail operations through its Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) division. As such, TFR is ultimately responsible for the implementation of the road to rail implementation project. To that effect, TFR developed the MDS to revitalise itself and ensure its success.
The objective of this research is to (a) assess the capacity of TFR to successfully implement the road to rail policy; (b) determine whether the implementation of road to rail will lead to freight rail efficiency and competitiveness, reliability and sustainability; and (c) establish the industry‟s reaction towards the shift from road to rail.
In order to respond to the research question, qualitative research was chosen as the most appropriate approach. This facilitated an in-depth exploration and understanding of the issues around the road to rail project including how the industry feels about the issue, as well as an exploration of other possible alternatives which could provide the same or better results in a simpler and more effective manner.
This research may serve as additional information for authorities to consider during the implementation of the road to rail project, and could render a better chance of success.
Upon completion of this research the author concluded that Transnet Freight Rail has a good chance of success. The implementation of road to rail is being given adequate attention. Integration is possible as the industry welcomes and supports the road to rail programme, in fact a number of collaboration agreements already exist between rail and other transport modes. This will enable Transnet Freight Rail to achieve efficiency, sustainability and a competitive advantage within the seven year timeframe of the MDS.Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL)
M. B. A. (Business Leadership)