Thabani Nyoni – författare

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - General, , course: RESEARCH PROJECT, language: English, abstract: Private investment is a powerful mean for innovation, economic growth and poverty reduction. Countries with wider and deeper private-sector investments demonstrate accelerated growth (Majeed M.T and Khan S, 2008). Motivated by the concern on the persistent decline in private investment in Zimbabwe since 1980, this study empirically investigated the determinants of private investment in Zimbabwe using time series data for the period 1980-2013. The study employed the OLS estimation criteria. Results indicate that public investment; FDI and GDP are statistically significant in explaining the determinants of private investment in Zimbabwe, while interest rates and inflation are statistically insignificant. The study basically recommends that the government of Zimbabwe, especially through ZimAsset, should promote PPPs, initiate collaborative partnerships between foreign and local investors and create a conducive macroeconomic environment to boost private sector investment.

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, , course: MACROECONOMICS AND POLICY, language: English, abstract: Zimbabweans in 2008 rejected the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) introduced higher denomination bearer cheques just before the 30th January 2009 dollarization. More recently the transacting public were cautious in accepting the RBZ's 18th December 2014 bond coins such that up to now (May 2015) some sections of the economy are still not accepting it as a medium of exchange; more than 4 months after introduction. This essay tries to briefly highlight some of the reasons why (in both instances) economic agents rejected or attempted to reject the currency availed to them despite the logic behind such decisions by the RBZ. It is argued in this essay that reasons for which the economic agents (here in Zimbabwe) rejected or attempt to reject the currency availed to them are fundamentally rooted on the New Classical school of thought.

Essay from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, , course: Macroeconomics and Policy, language: English, abstract: Milton Friedman is an American economist who is well known in Economics for down-playing the orthodox Keynesian analysis and policy activism during the 1950s and 1960s. His contribution to present day macroeconomic policy is based on monetarism although there are some contributions which he made such as the permanent income hypothesis. This essay serves to discuss the major contribution of Milton Friedman to present day macroeconomic policy, commenting on the empirical applicability of his postulations in Zimbabwe.