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List of contents
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
About the author
Christian Rogerson
Summary
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
