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

dc.contributor.advisor	Kepe, Thembela
dc.contributor.author	Parker, Gail Denise
dc.contributor.other	Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies
dc.contributor.other	Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences
dc.date.accessioned	2013-06-14T07:42:48Z
dc.date.available	2007/03/29 11:12
dc.date.available	2007/03/29
dc.date.available	2013-06-14T07:42:48Z
dc.date.issued	2004
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11394/1428
dc.description	Magister Philosophiae (Land and Agrarian Studies) - MPhil(LAS)	en_US
dc.description.abstract	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.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	University of the Western Cape	en_US
dc.subject	Land reform	en_US
dc.subject	South Africa	en_US
dc.subject	Northern Cape	en_US
dc.subject	Economic aspects	en_US
dc.subject	Government policy	en_US
dc.subject	Agriculture and state	en_US
dc.subject	Poverty	en_US
dc.title	The challenge of sustainable land-based local economic development in poor communities of South Africa: The case of Groblersdal, Northern Cape	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.rights.holder	University of the Western Cape	en_US
dc.description.country	South Africa