Beyond the development impasse : the role of local economic development and community self-reliance in rural South Africa

Title: Beyond the development impasse : the role of local economic development and community self-reliance in rural South Africa
Creator: Binns, Tony, Nel, Etienne L
Date: 1999
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6673
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006647
Description: The failure of successive generations of imported, Western development strategies and projects to deliver meaningful reductions in poverty and achieve basic needs in Africa, has provoked a deep questioning of Western concepts and methodologies of development. Non-governmental organisations and development practitioners are increasingly focusing their attention on strategies which build upon local knowledge, skills and resources. The concepts of ‘self- reliance’ and local economic development are examined in the context of development challenges which face Africa. This is followed by a detailed case study of local economic development in the rural Mpofu District of the former Ciskei Homeland, which was incorporated into the Eastern Cape province of South Africa with the demise of apartheid in 1994.
Format: 20 pages, pdf
Language: English
Relation: Binns, T. and Nel, E.L. (1999) Beyond the development impasse: the role of local economic development and community self-reliance in rural South Africa. Journal of Modern African Studies, 37 (3). pp. 389-408. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X99003067

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Nel, Etienne L (Prof)

RU Department of Geography

SDG 08. Decent Work and Economic Growth

SDG 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities

SDG 02. Zero Hunger

SDG 16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

SDG 01. No Poverty

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