Restructuring manufacturing in South Africa's lagging regions : the case of the Free State
- Nel, Etienne L, Rogerson, C M, Marais, L
- Authors: Nel, Etienne L , Rogerson, C M , Marais, L
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6714 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006786
- Description: The manufacturing economy of the Free State reflects both historical dependence on locally available raw materials and high-levels of state intervention, in terms of support for import substitution and Homeland development. In the contemporary era, deindustrialization, the uncertain future of the clothing / textile industries and limited growth over the last ten years, suggests that, in terms of manufacturing, the Free State is a 'lagging' region. While there has been significant expansion in the number of small firms, this is not matched by employment growth and does not compensate for the loss of many large firms and economic downscaling in the Goldfields. Key sectors such as petro-chemicals and gold jewellery present certain opportunities for future growth.
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- Date Issued: 2006
- Authors: Nel, Etienne L , Rogerson, C M , Marais, L
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6714 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006786
- Description: The manufacturing economy of the Free State reflects both historical dependence on locally available raw materials and high-levels of state intervention, in terms of support for import substitution and Homeland development. In the contemporary era, deindustrialization, the uncertain future of the clothing / textile industries and limited growth over the last ten years, suggests that, in terms of manufacturing, the Free State is a 'lagging' region. While there has been significant expansion in the number of small firms, this is not matched by employment growth and does not compensate for the loss of many large firms and economic downscaling in the Goldfields. Key sectors such as petro-chemicals and gold jewellery present certain opportunities for future growth.
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- Date Issued: 2006
Small-scale, nature-based tourism as a pro-poor development intervention : two examples in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
- Hill, Trevor R, Nel, Etienne L, Trotter, D
- Authors: Hill, Trevor R , Nel, Etienne L , Trotter, D
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6687 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006689
- Description: Tourism is widely acknowledged as a key economic sector that has the potential to contribute to national and local development and, more specifically, serve as a mechanism to promote poverty alleviation and pro-poor development within a particular locality. In countries of the global South, nature-based tourism initiatives can make a meaningful impact on the livelihoods of the poor, in particular the subsistence based rural poor. Taking two examples in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, where small-scale tourism initiatives were developed recently in response to existing natural attractions in the context of coping with local economic crises, this paper broadly assesses the modest benefits to date, as well as drawbacks, in improving conditions of life.
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- Date Issued: 2006
- Authors: Hill, Trevor R , Nel, Etienne L , Trotter, D
- Date: 2006
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6687 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006689
- Description: Tourism is widely acknowledged as a key economic sector that has the potential to contribute to national and local development and, more specifically, serve as a mechanism to promote poverty alleviation and pro-poor development within a particular locality. In countries of the global South, nature-based tourism initiatives can make a meaningful impact on the livelihoods of the poor, in particular the subsistence based rural poor. Taking two examples in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa, where small-scale tourism initiatives were developed recently in response to existing natural attractions in the context of coping with local economic crises, this paper broadly assesses the modest benefits to date, as well as drawbacks, in improving conditions of life.
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- Date Issued: 2006
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