The expanded public works programme as a tool for local economic development: policies,processes, mechanisms and institutional arrangements

["expanded public works programme", "local economic development", "inter-governmental relations", "processes and policies"]

Mogane, Maurice Charles

University of the Witwatersrand

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瑞士|英语

来源: University of the Witwatersrand

【 摘 要 】

The re-admittance of South Africa into the community of nations brought opportunities andchallenges. South Africa had to adapt and conform to the prevailing global economicarchitecture and adhere to neo-liberal principles prevailing at the time while at home it had toface a restructuring economy and worsening social conditions for a majority of its people:unemployment, housing and infrastructure backlogs.Policies and programmes where devised and adopted. The EPWP and local economicdevelopment programmes are just two of the many programmes meant to deal withunemployment, skills development, inequality and poverty. This report investigates thepotential of the EPWP as a tool for local economic development by reviewing the theoreticalunderpinnings of public works and local economic development; and the intergovernmentalrelations and planning policies, processes, mechanisms, and institutional arrangements inplace to enable the programmes’ implementation. Based on the investigation, findings andrecommendations are made.