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Professor Alan Whiteside

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Alan Whiteside has an MA from the University of East Anglia and a D Econ from the University of Natal. He began his professional career as an Overseas Development Institute Fellow working as a Planning Officer (Economist) in the Ministry of Finance and Development, Gaborone, Botswana from 1980 to 1983.

In 1983 he joined the Economic Research Unit of the University of Natal as a Research Fellow. In 1998 he established HEARD and is its Executive Director.

His main research interest at present is the economic and development impact of HIV/AIDS. He started and edited the newsletter AIDS Analysis Africa for over 10 years. In 2000 he co-authored, with Clem Sunter, AIDS: The Challenge for South Africa, published by Human and Rousseau/Tafelberg. In 2002 he wrote (with Tony Barnett) AIDS in the 21st Century: Disease and Globalisation published by Palgrave MacMillan. He has carried out training around the world and worked in much of Africa, Ukraine and parts of Asia. In 2003 he was appointed by Secretary General Kofi Annan as one of the Commissioners on the Commission for HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. Other academic appointments include: Visiting Professor School of Medicine Liverpool University, Leverhulme Visiting Professor University of Southampton and Visiting Fellow University of East Anglia. He is an elected Member of the Governing Council of the International AIDS Society and a member of the Governing Council of Waterford Kamhlaba College.

HEARD Publications

Academic Publications

Whiteside, A. (2007) A Polemical Response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic - Book Review of The AIDS Pandemic : The Collision of Epidemiology with Political Correctness by James Chin. The Lancet, 369: 1073 -1074
Gillespie, S., Greener, R., Whiteside, A. and Whitworth, J. (2007) Investigating the Empirical Evidence for Understanding Vulnerability and the Associations Between Poverty, HIV infection and AIDS Impact. AIDS Special Supplement, 21(7):S1
Barnett, T. and Whiteside, A. (2007) Poverty and HIV: Impact, Coping and Mitigation Policy. In Cornia, G. A., ed. AIDS, Public Policy and Child Wellbeing, UNICEF. Florence: Innocenti Research Centre. Ch.8
Chazan, M. and Whiteside, A. (2007) The Making of Vulnerabilities: Understanding the Differentiated Effects of HIV and AIDS among Street Traders in Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research, 6(2): 165-173

Book Reviews

Regondi, I and Whiteside, A. (2011) Book review of AIDS: Taking a Long Term View by The aids2031 Consortium. In the Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine (12/1)
Whiteside, A. (2009) Book review of Dead Aid, Global Public Health
Whiteside, A. (2009) Book review of Robert J. Thornton, Unimagined Community: Sex, Networks and AIDS in Uganda and South Africa, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Pp. xxi + 282. £14.95. ISBN 978 0 520 2552 4. in Social History of Medicine 2009 22(1):183-184;
Whiteside, A. (2009) Foreword in Maclean, S., Brown, S. & Fourie, P. (eds) (2009) Health for Some: The Political Economy of Global Health Governance. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Whiteside, A. (2008) At the grassroots: AIDS and people in South Africa. Psychology in Society, 36: 88-90
Whiteside, A. (2008) Book: Invaluable text on HIV. The Lancet, 371 (9611): 466

Books

Whiteside, A. (2008) HIV/AIDS: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Barnett, T. and Whiteside, A. (2006) AIDS in the Twenty-first Century: Disease and Globalisation, Second edition. Basingstoke, Palgrave
Poku, N. and Whiteside, A. (eds). (2004) Global Health and Governance HIV/AIDS, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan
Poku, N. and Whiteside, A. (eds). (2004) The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa, Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing
Barnett, T. and Whiteside, A. (2002) AIDS in the Twenty-First Century: Disease and Globalisation, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Whiteside, A. (2000) AIDS: The Challenge for South Africa
Whiteside, A. (ed). (1998) Implications of AIDS for demography and policy in Southern Africa

Chapters in Books

Veenstra, N. and Whiteside, A. (2009) Fighting HIV/AIDS and the Future of Health Systems in Kent Buse, Wolfgang Hein and Nick Drager (eds) Making Sense of Global Health Governance A Policy Perspective. Palgrave MacMillan Basingstoke
Whiteside, A. (2009) Forward to Health for some. The political economy of global health governance, edited by S. J. MacLean, S. A. Brown, and P. Fourie, ix - x. New York: Palgrave Macmillan
Whiteside, A., Zuniga, J. M., Ghaziani, A. and Bartlett, J. G. (2008) Chapter 1 Introduction. In Whiteside, A., Zuniga, J. M., Ghaziani, A., and Bartlett, J. G., eds., A Decade of HAART:the development and global impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Whiteside, A. (2008) The Development agenda and HIV/AIDS. In Ndinga-Muvumba, A. and Pharoah, R. eds., HIV/AIDS and society in South Africa. Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Cape Town: Centre for Conflict Resolution
Barnett, T. and Whiteside, A. (2007) Chapter 8. Poverty and HIV: Impact, Coping and Mitigation Policy in Cornia, G. A. (ed.): AIDS, Public Policy and Child Wellbeing, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, Florence, Italy, pp. 209-244
Whiteside, A. (2007) HIV/AIDS and Development: Failures of Vision and Imagination. In Poku, N.K., Whiteside, A. and Sandkjaer, B. (eds.) AIDS and Governance, Aldershot: Ashgate Press
Whiteside, A. and De Waal, A. (2006) AIDS a Darwinian event. In: Denis, P. and Becker, C. (eds). The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa in a Historical Perspective
Whiteside, A. and Lee, S. (2006) Economic and Development Issues around HIV/AIDS. In: Padayachee, V. (ed). The Development Decade? Economic and Social Change in South Africa, 1994-2004. Cape Town, Human Sciences Research Council Press
Quinlan, T. and Whiteside, A. (2006) Social and Economic Impact of the HIV pandemic. In: Beck E.J., Mays, N., Whiteside, A. and Zuniga, J.M. (eds). The HIV Pandemic: Local and Global Implications. Oxford, Oxford University Press
Conroy, A.C. and Whiteside, A. (2006) The AIDS Pandemic. In: Conroy, A. and Blackie, M.J. (eds). Poverty, AIDS and Hunger Breaking the Poverty Trap in Malawi. Basingstoke, Palgrave
Whiteside, A. and Conroy, A.C. (2006) The Impact of the AIDS Pandemic on the National Economy and Development. In: Conroy, A.C. and Blackie, M.J. et al. Poverty, AIDS and Hunger Breaking the Poverty Trap in Malawi. Basingstoke, Palgrave
Barnett, T. George, G, Van Niekerk, A.and Whiteside, A. (2005) Through a glass darkly: data and uncertainty in the AIDS debate In: van Niekerk, Anton A. and Kopelman, Loreta M. (eds), Ethics and AIDS in Africa: The Challenges to Our Thinking, 15 - 38; Claremont: David Philip, first published in Developing World Bioethics, 3(1), May 2003
Whiteside, A. (2004) AIDS in Asia: What can we learn from the Rest of the World. In: Lu, Y. and Essex, M. (eds). AIDS in Asia, New York, Kluwer Academic
Whiteside, A. and Poku, N. (2004) Conclusion. In their: The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa, Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing
Whiteside, A. and Poku, N (2004) Global health and the politics of governance: an introduction. In their: Global Health and Governance HIV/AIDS, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan
Whiteside, A. (2004) Health, Economic Growth and Competitiveness in Africa. In: HernÃ¡ndez-Cata, E., Schwab, K. and Lopez-Claros, A. (eds). The Africa Competitiveness Report 2004, World Economic Forum
Poku, N. and Whiteside, A. (2004) Introduction: Africa's HIV/AIDS Crisis. In their: The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa, Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing
Whiteside, A. (2004) Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa. In: Poku, N. and Whiteside, A., (eds). Global Health and Governance HIV/AIDS, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan
Whiteside, A. (2004) Responding to AIDS in Crisis Situations. In: Poku, N. and Whiteside, A. (eds) The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa, Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing
Whiteside, A., Mattes, R., Willan, S., and Manning, R. (2004) What People Really Believe about HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. In Poku, N. and Whiteside, A.(eds), The Political Economy of AIDS in Africa, Aldershot, Ashgate Publishing
Whiteside, A. and O'Grady, M. (2002) AIDS and the Private Sector: Lessons from Southern Africa. In: One Step Further: Responses to HIV/AIDS, (Sidastudies no. 7), Stockholm
Whiteside, A. and Loewenson, R. (1998) Socio-economic Implications of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. Socio-economic Implications of HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. Towards a New Partnership with Africa: Challenges and Opportunities, 130

Edited Books

Whiteside, A., Zuniga, J.M., Ghaziani, A., and Bartlett, J.G. (2008) A decade of HAART: the development and global impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Conroy, A.C., Blackie, M. J., Whiteside, A., Malewezi, J.C., Sachs, J.D. (eds) (2006) Poverty, AIDS and Hunger Breaking the Poverty Trap in Malawi. Basingstoke, Palgrave
Beck, E. J., Mays, N., Whiteside, A. and Zuniga, J. M. (2006) The HIV Pandemic Local and global implications. Oxford, Oxford University Press

Edited Journals

Gillespie, S. Greener, R., Whiteside, A. and Whitworth, J. (2007) (eds.) AIDS Special Supplement, Vol. 21, Supplement 7, November

In Press

Regondi, I., Whiteside, A. (2012) Global Development Goals (GDGs) and the International HIV Response: a Chance for Renewal” in Hulme, David and Wilkinson, Rorden (2012) In Millennium Development Goals to the Global Development Goals, Routledge.

Issue Briefs

Ngalawa, H., Ahmed. K., and Whiteside, A. (2010) Health Expenditure Implications of SACU's Revenue Volatility in BLNS Countries

Journal Articles

Whiteside, A. Russell, S and Seeley, J. (2010) Editorial AIDS Care Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, Volume 22, Supplement 1 2010, Pages 1 - 5.
Parkhurst, J. and Whiteside, A. (2010) Innovative Responses For Preventing Hiv Transmission: The Protective Value Of Population-Wide Interruptions Of Risk Activity, Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, Vol 11, No 1
Whiteside, A. Russell, S and Seeley, J. (2010) Special Supplement in Expanding antiretroviral therapy provision in resource-constrained settings: social dynamics and policy challenges AIDS Care Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, Volume 22, Supplement 1 2010
Smith, J and Whiteside, A. (2010) The History of AIDS Exceptionalism. Journal of the International AIDS Society 13:47
Taleski, SJ., Ahmed, K., Whiteside, A (2010) The Relationship Between Economic Evaluations an HIV and AIDS Treatment Policies, Current Opinion in HIV and AIDS, 5(3),pp.204-209
Veenstra, N., Whiteside, A., Lalloo, D., and Gibbs, A. (2010) Unplanned antiretroviral treatment interruptions in southern Africa: how should we be managing these? Globalisation and Health 2010 6:4 doi:10.1186/1744-8603-6-4
Russell, S., Seeley, J. and Whiteside, A. (2009) Editorial for AIDSCare Special issue: Expanding antiretroviral therapy provision in resource-constrained settings: social processes and their policy challenges.Volume 22, Issue S1 2010:1-5
Whiteside, A., Smith J. (2009) Exceptional epidemics: AIDS still deserves a global response. Globalisation and Health, 5:15
George, G., Gow, J., Whiteside, A. (2009) HIV/AIDS in the Private Sector: Impacts and Responses. HIV Therapy.,(3/3) pp.293-300
Loewenson, R., Hadingham, J., Whiteside, A. (2009) Household Impacts of AIDS: Using a life course approach to identify effective, poverty-reducing interventions for prevention, treatment and care. AIDS Care, 21(8), pp 1032-1041
Chazan, M., Brklacich, M., Whiteside, A. (2009) Rethinking the conceptual terrain of AIDS scholarship: lessons from comparing 27 years of AIDS and climate change research. Globalisation and Health 2009, 5:12doi:10.1186/1744-8603-5-12
Wilson, K., Cohen-Köhler, J., Whiteside, A. (2009) The Price is Right? Promoting local production for ARVs in Sub-Saharan Africa, Eurohealth 14 (2)
Veenstra, N., Whiteside, A., Lalloo, D., Gibbs, A. (2009) Unplanned Treatment Interruptions in Southern Africa: A literature review. Working Paper 247, Cape Town: CSSR & HEARD
Whiteside, A. (2008) Comprender y analizar datos: lecciones de ypara el sur de frica y Latino America (Understanding and interpreting data: lessons from and for southern Africa and Latin America). Actualizaciones en Sida, 16(60):75-80
Naysmith, S., Whiteside, A. and Whalley, A. (2008) Rethinking Swaziland's HIV/AIDS epidemic: the need for urgent interventions. Canadian Journal of Public Health 99(1):8-10
Wilson, K., Whiteside, A. and Cohen-Khler, J. (2008) The Price is right? promoting local production for ARVs in sub-Saharan Africa. Eurohealth, 14(2):29-32
Whiteside, A. (2007) A Polemical Response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic - Book Review of The AIDS Pandemic: The Collision of Epidemiology with Political Correctness by James Chin (Radcliffe Publishing, 2007). The Lancet Vol. 369, March 31, pp. 1073-1074
Whiteside, A. (2007) HIV/AIDS and development: failures of vision and imagination. In Poku, N.K., Whiteside, A. and Sandkjaer, B. (eds.) AIDS and Governance, Aldershot: Ashgate Press
Gillespie, S., Greener, R., Whiteside, A. and Whitworth, J. (2007) Investigating the Empirical Evidence for Understanding Vulnerability and the Associations Between Poverty, HIV infection and AIDS Impact. AIDS Special Supplement, Vol 21, Supplement No. 7, p.S1, November
Chazan, M. and Whiteside, A. (2007) The Making of Vulnerabilities: Understanding the Differentiated Effects of HIV and AIDS among Street Traders in Warwick Junction, Durban, South Africa. African Journal of AIDS Research, 6(2): 165-173
Parikh, A., and Whiteside, A. (2007) Twenty Five Years of HIV/AIDS: South Africa's Policy Challenges. The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Winter 2007, 31 (1):61-73
Michael, K., Loewenson, R., Whiteside, A. and Hunter, L. (1999) (1999) Best Practices: Company Activities on HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, OATUU
Michael, K. and Whiteside, A. (1998) AIDS and the Automotive Industry in South Africa. Indicator, Vol 15, No 3, Spring 1998

Journal Articles (Non-refereed)

Arrehag, L., de Waal, A. and Whiteside, A. (2006) New Variant Famine Revisited: chronic vulnerability in rural Africa. Humanitarian Exchange, 33: 7-10

Journal Articles (Refereed)

Whiteside, A., de Waal, A. Gebre-Tensae, T. (2006) AIDS, security and the military in Africa: A sober appraisal. African Affairs, 105 (April): 201-218
Whiteside, A. (2006) HIV/AIDS and development: failures of vision and imagination. International Affairs, 82(2): 327-343.
Poku, N. K. and Whiteside, A. (2006) Introduction - 25 years of living with HIV/AIDS: challenges and prospects. International Affairs, 82(2): 249-255
Veenstra, N. and Whiteside, A. (2005) Economic Impact of HIV, Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 19 (2): 197-210.
Whiteside, A. and Lee, S. (2005) The "Free by 5" Campaign for Universal, Free Antiretroviral Therapy: user fees pose a significant barrier to achievement of the "3 by 5" strategy Public Library of Science (PloS) Medicine, 2, (8), August e227 p. 0101 - 0104.
Zaba, B., Whiteside, A. and Boerma, J.T. (2004) Demographic and socio-economic impact of AIDS: Taking stock of the empirical evidence in Supplement to AIDS, Demographic and socio-economic impact of AIDS: Empirical Evidence, 18 (Supplement 2) June: S1-S7.
Whiteside, A. and de Waal, A. (2004) Thats Resources You See!: Political Economy, Ethics and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, New Political Economy, 9, (4), December : 581-594.
Whiteside, A. (2004) The Hidden Tax: HIV/AIDS, Trade and Investment, The Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics, 15:309-321.
Whiteside, A. (2004) The HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Southern Africa: Implications for Development, Global Dialogue, 6, (3-4), Summer/Autumn: 91-101.
Desmond,C., King, J., Tomlinson, J. Sithungo, C., Veenstra, N. and Whiteside, A. (2004) Using an undertakers data to assess changing patterns of mortality and their consequences in Swaziland, African Journal of AIDS Research, 3(1): 45-50.
de Waal, A. and Whiteside, A. (2003) New variant famine: AIDS and the food crisis in Southern Africa, The Lancet, Vol. 362, No. 9391, 1234-1237.
Whiteside, A. Barnett, T. George, G. and van Niekerk, A. (2003) Through a glass darkly: data and uncertainty in the AIDS debate. Developing World Bioethics Issue 3 (1).
Whiteside, A., Desmond, C., King, J., Tomlinson, J. and Conway S. (2002) Evidence of AIDS mortality from an alternative source: A Swaziland case study, African Journal of AIDS Research, 1 (1-4), 2002: 37-40
Whiteside, A. and Poku, N. (2002) Global health and the politics of governance: an introduction, Third World Quarterly, (Special Issue, Global Health and Governance), 23 (2), 2002: 191-95.
Whiteside, A. and Renton, A. (2002) Health in the former Soviet Union: social cohesion, social control and civil society, International Journal of Drug Policy, 13 (6), December 2002: 465-467
Whiteside, A. (2002) Poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa, Third World Quarterly, (Special Issue, Global Health and Governance), 23 (2), 2002: 313- 332.
Barnett, T. and Whiteside, A. (2000) Guidelines for Studies of the Social and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS
Michael, K. Whiteside, A. and Desmond, C. (2000) Impact of HIV/AIDS on Planning in KwaZulu-Natal: A Report for the Town and Regional Planning Commission. AIDS Analysis Africa, Vol. 10, No. 4.
Barnett, T., Whiteside, A. and Decosas, J. (2000) Perspectives on HIV/AIDS: The Jaipur Paradigm - a conceptual framework for understanding social susceptibility and vulnerability to HIV, South African Medical Journal, Vol. 90, No.11
Whiteside, A. (2000) The Economic Impact of AIDS in Africa, Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2000, Vol. 14, No. 8
Whiteside, A., O'Grady, M. and Alban, A. (2000) The Economic Impact of HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa, AIDS Infothek, Special Issue supported by the Federal Office of Public Health, Switzerland
Barnett, T., Whiteside, A. Khodakevich, L. Kruglov Y. and Steshenko, V. (2000) The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Ukraine: its potential social and economic impact, Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 51, 2000.
Simon, J. Rosen, S. Whiteside, A. Vincent. R. and Thea, D. (2000) The Response of African Businesses to HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS in the Commonwealth 2000/1

Non-refereed Articles

Ahmed, K., Smith, J. and Whiteside, A. (2009) Global Funding of the AIDS response. International AIDS Society Newsletter
Quinlan, T. and Whiteside, A. (2009) Managing HIV/AIDS in Africa. The Corporate Council on Africa HIV/AIDS and Health Initiative Newsletter, Spring: 12-13

Policy Briefs

Ahmed, K., Whiteside, A. and Regondi, I. (2011) Social Health Insurance - Should international agencies promote health insurance to achieve better HIV/AIDS coverage?.
Regondi, I. Whiteside, A. (2011) “MDGs and HIV,” MDG Taskforce for the World Poverty Summit.
Veenstra, N., Whiteside, A., Lalloo, D. and Gibbs, A. (2009) Unplanned ART treatment interruptions in southern Africa: What can we do to minimise the long-term risks?

Publications

Whiteside, A. (2001) Demography and economics of HIV/AIDS. British Medical Bulletin, Vol 58, 2001, The Changing Face of HIV and AIDS, Scientific Editors: Weiss, R.A., Adler, M.W. and Rowland-Jones, S. L.
Franklin, L. and Whiteside, A. (2001) The impact of HIV/AIDS on development. International Aid & Trade Review, Conference and Exhibition Special Edition, June 2001.
Barnett, T., Whiteside, A. and Desmond, C. (2001) The Social and Economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Poor Countries: A Review of Studies and Lessons. Progress in Development Studies, 1(2): 151-170
Barnett, T., and Whiteside, A. (2001) The World Development Report 2000/1: HIV/ADS Still Not Properly Considered. Journal of International Development, 13: 369-376

Published Reports

Whalley, A., Whiteside, A. and Naysmith, S. (2007) Reviewing 'Emergencies' in Swaziland: Shifting the Paradigm for a New Era. NERCHA and HEARD

Reports

Ahmed, K. Whiteside, A. and Regondi, I. (2011) Social Health Insurance - Should International Agencies Promote Health Insurance to Achieve better HIV/AIDS Coverage?
Veenstra, N., Whiteside, A., Gibbs, A. and Lalloo, D. (2010) Final Report: Unplanned ART treatment interruptions in southern Africa: what can we do to minimise the long-term risks?
Whiteside, A. (2009) Should AIDS Still Be Treated as Exceptional?
Whiteside, A. and Loewenson, R. (2001) HIV/AIDS: Implications for Poverty Reduction, United Nations Development Programme Policy Paper. Background Paper for the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. New York
Badcock-Walters, P. and Whiteside, A. (2001) Mitigating the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Human Development: Impact on Education. Paper for the UN General Assembly Special Session. New York

Reports and Papers

Whiteside, A., Hickey, A. Tomlinson, J. and Ngcobo, N. (2003) What is Driving the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Swaziland? And what more can we do about it? Report prepared for the National Emergency Response Committee on HIV/AIDS and UNAIDS, Mbabane
Whiteside, A., Mattes, R., Willan, S and Manning R. (2002) Examining HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa through the eyes of ordinary Southern Africans, Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) Working Paper no. 11
Quinlan, T and Whiteside, A. (2002) HIV/AIDS and African Agriculture, In: Proceedings of the Targetting Agricultural research for Development in the Semi-Arid Tropics of sub-Saharan Africa Conference, Institute for Crop Research in the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Nairobi
Whiteside, A. (2002) HIV/AIDS, Health and Education, In Steven Forsythe (ed.) State of the Art: AIDS and Economics, International AIDS Economics Network, Washington
Whiteside, A., Barnett, T., Fantan, T., Mbakile, B. (2002) The Private Sector Responds To The Epidemic: Debswana - A Global Benchmark, UNAIDS Best Practice, Geneva

Working Papers

Regondi, I., Whiteside, A. (2011) Fiscal Space for Health: Assessing Policy Options in South Africa. HEARD working paper, presented at 5th South Africa AIDS conference on June 8
Whiteside, A. (2009) Is AIDS Exceptional, Working Paper 25 Commissioned by the aids2031 Programmatic Response Working Group
Veenstra, N., Whiteside, A., Lalloo, D., and Gibbs, A. (2009) Unplanned ART treatment interruptions in Southern Africa: a literature review. Cape Town: Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town and HEARD University of KwaZulu-Natal Joint Working Paper No 247