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From National to Local Economic Development (LED): The South African Case

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Developmental Local Governance

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The post-1994 government in South Africa placed a high priority on community and grassroots participation and initiatives, and to this end acknowledges that the local government sphere was critical to this process. More specifically, given the historical development backlogs that have been inherited from the apartheid era, there was a firm view that local government was critical to socio-economic development. Consequently, developmental local government was introduced as a vehicle, and local economic development (LED) is an integral part of socio-economic development.

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  1. University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Jamaica

    Eris D. Schoburgh (Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean) (Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean)

  2. University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia

    John Martin (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  3. University of the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica

    Sonia Gatchair (Lecturer) (Lecturer)

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Reddy, P.S. (2016). From National to Local Economic Development (LED): The South African Case. In: Schoburgh, E.D., Martin, J., Gatchair, S. (eds) Developmental Local Governance. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137558367_6

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