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Title: | Local economic development in Swaziland: the case of Manzini City |
Author: | Sihlongonyane, Mfaniseni Fana |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | Urban Forum |
Volume: | 14 |
Issue: | 2-3 |
Pages: | 244-263 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Swaziland - Eswatini |
Subjects: | local politics urban development municipal government |
External link: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12132-003-0013-x |
Abstract: | This paper records the experience of local economic development (LED) in Swaziland on the basis of the case of Manzini City. The colonial legacy, the geographical location of Manzini and the Tinkhundla political system which was introduced in Swaziland by the king in 1978 have shaped the different approaches and strategies of LED in the past. Now the linkages between contextual considerations and the local area are changing. In particular, linkages between the rural and the urban are increasingly being emphasized as the boundary between the two become more blurred and artificial. Such linkages are being enhanced by the surging informal economy. This suggests that LED policies need to recast their approach in order to absorb this economy. Such a recast should also consider the networks that already exist both formally and informally between cities. As a small country, Swaziland has made some attempts to promote LED-type interventions. There has been institutional development and capacity building through training and skill development. A number of policies and laws have been formulated and the physical urban environment is being improved through service delivery and the provision of facilities. However, the informal sector remains a huge LED policy challenge. Bibliogr., notes. [ASC Leiden abstract] |