Local Economic Development in the Changing World: The Experience of Southern Africa

ISBN-13: 9781138511712 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 366 str.

Christian Rogerson

Opis

Over the last two decades the concept and practice of Local Economic Development (LED) has gained widespread acceptance around the world as a locally-based response to the challenges posed by globalization, devolution, local-level opportunities, and economic crises

Spis treści

1: Setting the Scene: Local Economic Development in Southern Africa; 2: Contextualizing South African Local Economic Development within Current Development Debates: The International Setting; 3: Putting “Developmental Local Government” into Practice: The Experience of South Africa’s Towns and Cities; 4: Debates in Local Economic Development Policy and Practice; 5: Towards Pro-Poor Local Economic Development: The Case for Sectoral Targeting in South Africa; 6: Pro-Poor Local Economic Development in South Africa: The Application of Public Procurement; 7: Local Economic Development in South Africa: A Useful Tool for Sustainable Development; 8: Social Capital and Appropriate Skills Training as Prerequisites for Successful Local Economic Development: The Noordhoek Valley Training Centre, Cape Town; 9: Inner-City Economic Revitalization Through Cluster Support: The Johannesburg Clothing Industry; 10: From Spatial Development Initiative to Blue IQ: Sub-National Economic Planning in Gauteng; 11: Durban’s Pursuit of Economic Development in the Post-Apartheid Era; 12: Local Economic Development in Midrand, South Africa’s Ecocity; 13: Local Economic Development in South African Small Towns; 14: The Local Development Impacts of Backpacker Tourism: Evidence from the South African Experience; 15: Tourism-Led Local Economic Development: The South African Experience; 16: Local Economic Development in Swaziland: The Case of Manzini City; 17: Policy Options for Good Governance and Local Economic Development in Eastern and Southern Africa

O autorze

Christian Rogerson