Namibia,Republic of Namibia,South West Africa- a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa ...
4. WINDHOEK'S POOR 4.1 Measures of Poverty Namibia has a relatively high GDP per capita (estimated at US$5,200 in 2007) for a developing country, but wealth is very unequally distributed.30 The poorest households (in terms of income) are in the rural communal areas with female-headed ...
1 School of Constructin Economics and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa 2 Department of Land and Spatial Sciences, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek 9000, Namibia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. ...
University of Namibia, 340 Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Windhoek 13301, Namibia; nnickanor@unam.edu.na 4 Department of Population and Statistics, University of Namibia, 340 Mandume Ndemufayo Avenue, Windhoek 13301, Namibia; lkazembe@unam.na * Correspondence: jcrush@balsillieschool.ca Received: 1...
Windhoek, town, capital ofNamibia, located roughly in the centre of the country. It lies at an elevation of 5,428 feet (1,654 metres) and is about 400 miles (650 km) north of theOrange Riverand 760 miles (1,225 km) north ofCape Town,South Africa. The town is surrounded by arid ...