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  2. Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia

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    Forced labor (slavery) was important for the rural sector. The corporations that dominated the economy were mostly owned by Belgium, but British capital also played an important role. The 1950s were a period of rising income and expectations. Congo was said to have the best public health system in Africa, but there was also a huge wealth disparity.

  3. Public economics - Wikipedia

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    Schools. Business portal. Money portal. v. t. e. Public economics(or economics of the public sector) is the study of government policy through the lens of economic efficiency and equity. Public economics builds on the theory of welfare economics and is ultimately used as a tool to improve social welfare. Welfare can be defined in terms of well ...

  4. Sectoral balances - Wikipedia

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    Sectoral analysis is based on the insight that when the government sector has a budget deficit, the non-government sectors (private domestic sector and foreign sector) together must have a surplus, and vice versa. In other words, if the government sector is borrowing, the other sectors taken together must be lending.

  5. Public finance - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Public finance refers to the monetary resources available to governments and also to the study of finance within government and role of the government in the economy. [ 1 ] As a subject of study, it is the branch of economics which assesses the government revenue and government expenditure of the public authorities and the adjustment of ...

  6. Constitution of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Constitution of South Africa is the supreme law of the Republic of South Africa. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the republic, it sets out the rights and duties of its citizens, and defines the structure of the Government. The current constitution, the country's fifth, was drawn up by the Parliament elected in 1994 in ...

  7. Law in Africa - Wikipedia

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    The law of modern Africa exists as a conglomerate of legal practices and systems, otherwise labeled as legal pluralism. [ 6 ] This is derived from its traditional ancestry, diverse colonial legacy and post-independence. Historical Great court of the Ashanti Empire in poor condition between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

  8. Local government - Wikipedia

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    Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political and/or administrative unit, such as a nation or state. Local governments generally act within the powers and functions assigned to ...

  9. Reconstruction and Development Programme - Wikipedia

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    Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) was a South African socio-economic policy framework implemented by the African National Congress (ANC) government of Nelson Mandela in 1994 after months of discussions, consultations and negotiations between the ANC, its Alliance partners the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the South African Communist Party, and "mass organisations in ...