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 …

The book consists of twelve papers, divided into two sections, the first looking at the context
and issues of local self-reliance, and the second at various case studies. The economic …

This paper examines the relevance of the concept of self-reliance in the context of rural
community economic development in South Africa. Whilst changing global and local …

Government policy in post-1994 South Africa, whilst upholding the principles of community
participation and development, has been firmly wedded to a neoliberal growth agenda. This …

Although community participation still enjoys a high level of support across various sectors
in South Africa, its practice is fraught with conceptual and practical difficulties. This paper …

Under the combined impetus of structural adjustment programmes seeking to reform the
public sector, of market liberalisation and of globalisation processes, issues of local …

It is important to understand the current South African emphasis on local economic
development (LED) in terms not only of the country's politico-economic and social …

The question is not whether develop ment in Africa has reached an impasse; there has
never been much development to start with. What is normally accepted as' development'in …

South Africa's apartheid era has left a bitter legacy of retarded economic development. Local
Economic Development has been identified by the South African government as a key …

The objective of this chapter is to show the interplay of ideas and experiences that have
shaped South Africa's development path in the pre-and post-apartheid era. It opens with an …