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dc.contributor.authorDrewes, Ernst
dc.contributor.authorKleynhans, Ewert
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-28T13:05:04Z
dc.date.available2016-04-28T13:05:04Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationDrewes, E. & Kleynhans, E. 2011. Re-evaluation of the Platinum SDI : a critical commentary. Journal of economic and financial sciences, 4(1):63-80. [http://reference.sabinet.co.za.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/sa_epublication/jefs]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1995-7076
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/17081
dc.identifier.urihttp://reference.sabinet.co.za.nwulib.nwu.ac.za/sa_epublication/jefs
dc.description.abstractThe Platinum Spatial Development Initiative (SDI) in the North West Province was initiated 10 years ago to address the spatial economic development challenges of the region. This revised commentary aims to re-evaluate development, and intends to provide an objective overview of the successes and failures of the Platinum SDI. The aim is to provoke a debate on the matter in order to assess whether or not the Platinum SDI is to the advantage of the economic development of the country and its people, and especially the poor. This paper considers the historical context and evaluates a number of arguments, either in support of or questioning the viability of the Platinum SDI. The paper concludes that after more than a decade there is still little evidence that the Platinum SDI will in the near future be efficient. At present, the Platinum SDI has very little to offer. To succeed will require more effort by all concerned, and especially much more commitment from the relevant governmental structures.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Johannesburg Department of Finance and Investment Managementen_US
dc.subjectEconomic developmenten_US
dc.subjecteconomic geographyen_US
dc.subjectspatial developmenten_US
dc.subjectSDIen_US
dc.subjectindustrial developmenten_US
dc.subjectpolicyen_US
dc.titleRe-evaluation of the Platinum SDI : a critical commentaryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID10210466 - Drewes, Johannes Ernst
dc.contributor.researchID11289570 - Kleynhans, Ewert Philippus Johannes


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