1st Edition

Regional Policy in the Southern African Development Community

Edited By J. Ernst Drewes, Mariske van Aswegen Copyright 2024
276 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

276 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyses regional development policy or the lack thereof in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which forms a key trading bloc on the African continent as well as the Global South. It explores the main attributes relevant to the formulation of regional policy in terms of socio-economic policies as well as spatial planning instruments. Further, it integrates macro and... Read more

CHAPTER 1:       INTRODUCTION             

PART 1: Policy perspectives

CHAPTER 2: REGIONAL POLICY IN THE AUAND SADC

J. ERNST DREWES AND MARISKE VAN ASWEGEN

CHAPTER 3: UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE AND POTENTIAL OF THE PERIPHERAL REGION

MARISKE VAN ASWEGEN AND J. ERNST DREWES

CHAPTER 4:       IMPLICATIONS OF SUBNATIONAL REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY FOR THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY

ERIC YANKSON

PART 2: Structural perspectives

CHAPTER 5: CORRIDORS AS SPATIAL INSTRUMENTS TO CHANNEL AND FOCUS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: SCIENCE VERSUS POLITICS

ANDRÈ BRAND

CHAPTER 6: SADC’s SETTLEMENT HIERARCHY AND NETWORKS IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-BORDER REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

JOHAN MARITZ, ALIZE LE ROUX AND ELSONA VAN HUYSSTEEN

CHAPTER 7: THE ROLE OF INFRASTRUCTURE IN REGIONAL TRADE IN THE SADC REGION

VERENA TANDRAYEN–RAGOOBUR

PART 3: Economic and trade perspectives

CHAPTER 8: INFLUENCE OF LOCATION ON THE COMPETITIVENESS OF SADC INDUSTRIES

EWERT P.J. KLEYNHANS AND GABRIEL MHONYERA

CHAPTER 9: THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED: EXPLORING THE UNTAPPED POTENTIAL OF INTRA-REGIONAL TRADE IN SADC

ERMIE STEENKAMP AND LORAINE FERREIRA

CHAPTER 10: REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND INDUSTRIALISATION IN THE SADC: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF DEVELOPING REGIONS

OCKERT R. PRETORIUS

CHAPTER 11: ARTISANAL MINING IN THE SADC REGION: LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE KIMBERLEY ARTISANAL MINING CASE ON FORMALISATION

MICHELLE L.M. GOLIATH AND MALENE MALENE CAMPBELL

PART 4: Future perspective

CHAPTER 12: A REGIONAL POLICY APPROACH FOR THE SADC

MARISKE VAN ASWEGEN AND J. ERNST DREWES

Biography

J. Ernst Drewes is a full Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.

Mariske van Aswegen is a Senior Lecturer in the Unit for Environmental Science and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa.