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WORLD’S FIRST TOBACCO
TAXATION E-LIBRARY
The project is set to be a valuable resource for students,
researchers and policymakers across the globe.
A comprehensive new e-library focusing on
tobacco taxation and illicit trade has been
launched by the World Health Organisation
(WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control (FCTC) Knowledge Hub at UCT’s
Research Unit on the Economics of
Excisable Products (REEP).
A project two-and-a-half-years in the
making, it consolidates and classifies all
available literature on tobacco taxation and
illicit trade in tobacco products. Currently
the library includes links to more than
1 700 entries, including journal articles and
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presentations, data sets and grey literature.
While other e-libraries focusing on the
economics of tobacco do exist, the WHO
FCTC Knowledge Hub at REEP’s e-library is
the first of its kind focusing specifically on
the aspects of taxation and illicit trade,
said Professor Corne van Walbeek, director
of REEP.
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TRACKING SA’S POST-SCHOOL
QUALIFICATIONS
Siyaphambili reveals the number of young learners who attain
a qualification after high school.
Meaning ‘We are moving forward’,
Siyaphambili records the number of young
South Africans who attain qualifications after
high school and those who do not. It has been
tracking post-school qualifications since 1994.
Siyaphambili studies post-school
qualification attainment by population
group, gender, age group and province.
The data indicates that since 1994, the
share of white and Indian populations
with post-school qualifications increased
by 15%, while the share of ‘coloured’ and
black populations increased by 7%.
The data also show that a higher
proportion (14.75%) of women obtained
post-school qualifications compared with
men (12.86%) in the 25-year period.
Siyaphambili’s work reveals more needs
to be done to achieve the government
National Development Plans (NDP) target
of 22% by 2030.
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