Reframing place-based economic development in South Africa: the example of local economic development
Local Economic Development (LED) planning is a place-based approach to development planning and increasingly significant across much of the global South. One of the key challenges facing LED planning is the necessity to adjust planning in relation to the dynamic nature of both international and nati...
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
2014-06-01
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| description | Local Economic Development (LED) planning is a place-based approach to development planning and increasingly significant across much of the global South. One of the key challenges facing LED planning is the necessity to adjust planning in relation to the dynamic nature of both international and national framework conditions. The purpose of this article is to show this challenge by examining the dynamic nature of the national policy environment impacting upon LED planning in South Africa, a country which has a relatively long history of LED planning. Five dimensions of the changing landscape of national economic development planning in South Africa are identified. These relate to (a) LED within the context of new national economic and development plans; (b) initiatives for reindustrialising the South African economy, the associated importance of localisation and promotion of the green economy; (c) changing programmes around small business development; (d) shifts in rural development interventions; and (e) the fluid spatial context within which LED planning as a form of placebased economic development is embedded. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-62a1bcb2fb5b4b4aa444ffaccd175ea82025-08-20T03:33:38ZengNicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series1732-42542014-06-01242420321810.2478/bog-2014-0023Reframing place-based economic development in South Africa: the example of local economic developmentRogerson Christian M.0University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Management, School of Tourism and Hospitality, Bunting Road Campus, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South AfricaLocal Economic Development (LED) planning is a place-based approach to development planning and increasingly significant across much of the global South. One of the key challenges facing LED planning is the necessity to adjust planning in relation to the dynamic nature of both international and national framework conditions. The purpose of this article is to show this challenge by examining the dynamic nature of the national policy environment impacting upon LED planning in South Africa, a country which has a relatively long history of LED planning. Five dimensions of the changing landscape of national economic development planning in South Africa are identified. These relate to (a) LED within the context of new national economic and development plans; (b) initiatives for reindustrialising the South African economy, the associated importance of localisation and promotion of the green economy; (c) changing programmes around small business development; (d) shifts in rural development interventions; and (e) the fluid spatial context within which LED planning as a form of placebased economic development is embedded.https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2014-0023place-based development strategylocal economic developmentsouth africapolicy environment |
| spellingShingle | Rogerson Christian M. Reframing place-based economic development in South Africa: the example of local economic development Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series place-based development strategy local economic development south africa policy environment |
| title | Reframing place-based economic development in South Africa: the example of local economic development |
| title_full | Reframing place-based economic development in South Africa: the example of local economic development |
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| title_short | Reframing place-based economic development in South Africa: the example of local economic development |
| title_sort | reframing place based economic development in south africa the example of local economic development |
| topic | place-based development strategy local economic development south africa policy environment |
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