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		<title>The potential of e-commerce in South Africa</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The rise of online retail internationally has
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					<description><![CDATA[We estimate a discrete choice model of
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and South Africa. There is some evidence
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					<description><![CDATA[The recent unrest in South Africa prompted
the Acacia Economics team to consider
the options for a basic income grant using
Statistics South Africa....]]></description>
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