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Baneng Naape
Thesis Title: Essays on Institutions, Digitalisation and Revenue Mobilisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Research Interests: Fiscal Policy, Inflation Targeting, Industrial Policy
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Caro Janse van Rensburg
Thesis Title: The Economic Thought of ANC members: 1903-1948
Research Interests: History of Economic Thought, Economic History, Monetary Policy, and Feminist Economics
Supervisor(s): Prof. Bruno Tinel
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Danick Muller
Thesis Title: Reframing Development from Below: A Capability-Based Approach to Civil Society–State Collaboration in Early Childhood Development in South Africa
Research Interests: Development economics, economics of education, early childhood development (ECD), social policy, capability theory, civil society and state collaboration, social employment, and inequality in South Africa.
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Fred Kasalirwe
Thesis Title: Economic Implications of Indoor Air Pollution, Cultural and Gendered Energy Practices in Rural Uganda: Towards a Sustainable Energy Transition
Research Interests: Energy transitions, gender and development, health and well-being, climate change and adaptation, household welfare analysis
Supervisor(s): Prof. Adeola Oyenubi, Prof. & Prof. Dominic Moran (UOE)
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Jahnavhi Naidu
Thesis Title: Carbon Taxation, Economic Performance and Emissions Intensity: Evidence from Panel Data and Predictive Modelling
Research Interests: Environmental and Energy Economics, Applied Econometrics, Policy Evaluation, Climate Policy, Macroeconomic Analysis, and Machine Learning Applications in Economics
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Kofi Bondzie Afful
Thesis Title: Essays on Sub-Saharan Africa’s Financial Market Structure
Research Interests: Sub-Saharan Africa, Anomalies, Financial Economics
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Lesego Masenya
Thesis Title: A Gendered Perspective | Understanding The Position and Role of Women in Shaping South Africa’s Local Government Landscape
Research Interests: Microeconomics, with particular interest in Inequality, Poverty, Development, Household Dynamics, Labour Markets, and the Political Economy.
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Louisa Basitere
Thesis Title: Exploring the relationship between individual financial vulnerability and income equality: perspectives from South Africa
Research Interests: Development economics, Inequality, Consumer choice, Financial economic policy
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Mable Chimhore
Thesis Title: Catastrophic Health Expenditure, Chronic Illness and Poverty in Zimbabwe (2015–2021): A Comparative Analysis and Simulation of Health-Financing Reforms
Research Interests: Health, Poverty, Environment, Trade and Gender
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Maxwell Nkambule
Thesis Title: The Impact of Digital Financial Inclusion and Traditional Financial Inclusion on Livelihood Resilience and Poverty Alleviation in Eswatini
Research Interests: Development Economics, Financial Inclusion
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Qaqambile Mathentamo
Thesis Title: ISiNtu-understood social norms and networks: A case study of cost minimisation of economic activities and economic outcomes in a rural South African context.
Research Interests: Economics of Happiness, Social Capital, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Economic Growth and Socio-Economic Development.
Supervisor(s): Prof. Stefan Schirmer
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Tizita Yismaw
Thesis Title: Essays on Food Security, Child Health, and Education Outcomes in Eastern Africa
Research Interests: Health economics, Development economics, Impact evaluation, Food and nutrition security, child health, and education
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Wayne Andrady
Thesis Title: Unmasking the invisible: a comparative study of the socio-economics of suicide ideation in the Global South and North
Research Interests: Health economics, with a focus on socio-economic inequalities, family functioning, and social determinants of health
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Baneng NaapeThesis Title: Essays on Institutions, Digitalisation and Revenue Mobilisation in Sub-Saharan AfricaResearch Interests: Fiscal Policy, Inflation Targeting, Industrial PolicyEmail: 1015781@students.wits.ac.zaSupervisor(s): Dr. Nyasha Mahonye and Prof. Zurika Robinson
Caro Janse van RensburgThesis Title: The Economic Thought of ANC members: 1903-1948Research Interests: History of Economic Thought, Economic History, Monetary Policy, and Feminist EconomicsSupervisor(s): Prof. Bruno Tinel
Wayne AndradyThesis Title: Unmasking the invisible: a comparative study of the socio-economics of suicide ideation in the Global South and NorthResearch Interests: Health economics, with a focus on socio-economic inequalities, family functioning, and social determinants of healthEmail: 2507160@students.wits.ac.zaSupervisor(s): Prof. Frederik Booysen
Johannes EybersThesis Title: Quantifying Bank Run RiskResearch Interests: Agent-based Modelling, Deposit Insurance, Interbank MarketsEmail: 2782715@students.wits.ac.zaSupervisor(s): Prof. Gary van Vuuren
Malefane MolibeliThesis Title: Affine Term Structure Modelling of the South African Bond MarketResearch Interests: Fixed Income and Macro Finance Strategies, Option pricing, Econometrics and Portfolio Management.Email: 2130188@students.wits.ac.zaSupervisor(s): Prof. Gary van Vuuren
Moise Herve Kapche FotsoThesis Title: Construction and Optimisation of Sector-blended factor portfoliosResearch Interests: Asset pricing, factor investing, sector investing, portfolio optimisationEmail: 1934701@students.wits.ac.zaSupervisor(s): Prof. Moinak Maiti
Prudence MakololoThesis Title: National Culture, Corporate Board Diversity and Firm Performance: An International PerspectiveResearch Interests: Behaviourial finance, Board diversity, firm performance, corporate governance, emerging market finance, financial performance, and investment behaviour.Email: 448084@students.wits.ac.zaSupervisor(s): Prof. Yudhvir Seetharam & Prof. Chimwemwe Chipeta
Simbarashe BadzaThesis Title: The Impact of Mobile Money Adoption on Sustainable Green Finance Investment in the SADC RegionResearch Interests: Sustainable Green Finance Channels Enabled by Mobile Money, Policy and RegulationEmail: 2296666@students.wits.ac.zaSupervisor(s): Prof. Gary van Vuuren
