Regional and Local Economic Development in South Africa

by Nel, Etienne Louis

• ISBN13: 9781840149418
• ISBN10: 1840149418
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Ltd

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	x
List of Abbreviations	xi
Introduction	1	(16)
Literature Review	17	(34)
Evaluating Local Economic Development Initiatives	51	(16)
South Africa's Space Economy and the Eastern Cape's Key Historical, Economic and Spatial Features	67	(26)
Incipient Local Economic Development in the Eastern Cape: 1909-1955	93	(34)
Regional Development Planning in the Eastern Cape, 1940-1993	127	(28)
Evolving Local Economic Development Policy and Practice in South Africa	155	(20)
Community Initiated and Driven Local Economic Development in a Small Town: The Case of Stutterheim, 1990-1996	175	(24)
External Facilitation and Support of a Locally Initiated Local Economic Development Strategy: The Case of Seymour	199	(18)
Community Initiated Local Economic Development in the Rural District of Hertzog	217	(16)
Externally Supported and Initiated Local Economic Development in Kei Road	233	(16)
External Attempts to Induce Local Economic Development and Job Creation Programmes in Rural Communities in the Border Corridor	249	(18)
Local Economic Development in the City of East London: 1992-1996	267	(20)
Assessment, Findings and Comparison with International Experience	287	(20)
Conclusion and Policy Recommendations	307	(20)
Bibliography	327