The challenge of sustainable land-based local economic development in poor communities of South Africa: The case of Groblersdal, Northern Cape.

Description

This research investigated whether local economic development interventions necessarily improve the livelihoods of poor communities. More specifically, the goal of this thesis was to explore some of the reasons why land-based economic development interventions often struggle to meet their main objective of improving the livelihoods of local poor people.

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Tags

Land reform, South Africa, Northern Cape

Land reform

Land reform

Agriculture

Poverty

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:UWC_ETD:http%3A%2F%2Fetd.uwc.ac.za%2Findex.php%3Fmodule%3Detd%26action%3Dviewtitle%26id%3Dinit_6076_1175159561
Date	January 2004
Creators	Parker, Gail Denise
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Theses and Dissertations
Format	PDF
Coverage	ZA
Rights	Copyright: University of the Western Cape