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Development Section Prelims Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa www.hsrcpress.ac.za © 2006 Human Sciences Research Council First published 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 0-7969-2123-7 Copyedited by Laurie Rose-Innes Design and typesetting by Christabel Hardacre Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Cover by Elize Schultz, cover artwork by Ros Stockhall Print management by comPress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Marketing and Distribution PO Box 30370, Tokai, Cape Town, 7966, South Africa Tel: +27 +21 701-4477 Fax: +27 +21 701-7302 email: [email protected] Distributed worldwide, except Africa, by Independent Publishers Group 814 North Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60610, USA www.ipgbook.com To order, call toll-free: 1-800-888-4741 All other inquiries, Tel: +1 +312-337-0747 Fax: +1 +312-337-5985 email: [email protected] Contents List of tables and figures vi Abbreviations and acronyms x 1 Development discourses in post-apartheid South Africa 1 Vishnu Padayachee Section 1 Contemporary debates in a global context 2 Post-apartheid developments in historical and comparative perspective 13 Gillian Hart 3 Development theories, knowledge production and emancipatory practice 33 Dani Wadada Nabudere Section 2 Macroeconomic balance and microeconomic reform 4 Reflections on South Africa’s first wave of economic reforms 55 Rashad Cassim 5 Macroeconomic reforms and employment: what possibilities for South Africa? 86 Jonathan Michie 6 Operationalising South Africa’s move from macroeconomic stability to microeconomic reform 108 Kuben Naidoo 7 Sequencing micro and macro reforms: reflections on the South African Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za experience 126 Michael Carter Section 3 Distributive issues in post-apartheid South Africa 8 Constructing the social policy agenda: conceptual debates around poverty and inequality 143 Julian May 9 Gender and social security in South Africa 160 Francie Lund Section 4 Industrial upgrading and innovation 10 The noledge of numbers: S&T, R&D and innovation indicators in South Africa 183 Jo Lorentzen 11 The role of government in fostering clusters: the South African automotive sector 201 Mike Morris, Glen Robbins and Justin Barnes Section 5 Municipal governance and development 12 Local economic development in post-apartheid South Africa: a ten-year research review 227 Christian M Rogerson 13 Local economic development: utopia and reality – the example of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal 254 Benoît Lootvoet and Bill Freund Section 6 Labour, work and the informal economy 14 Labour supply and demand constraints on employment creation: a microeconomic analysis 275 Haroon Bhorat 15 Definitions, data and the informal economy in South Africa: a critical analysis 302 Richard Devey, Caroline Skinner and Imraan Valodia Section 7 Population, health and development Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za 16 Coping with illnesses and deaths in post-apartheid South Africa: family perspectives 327 Akim Mturi, Thokozani Xaba, Dorothy Sekokotla and Nompumelelo Nzimande 17 Are condoms infiltrating marital and cohabiting partnerships? Perspectives of couples in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 349 Pranitha Maharaj and John Cleland 18 Framing the South African AIDS epidemic: a social science perspective 361 Eleanor Preston-Whyte 19 Economic and development issues around HIV/AIDS 381 Alan Whiteside and Sabrina Lee iv Section 8 Social movements and democratic transition 20 Social movements in South Africa: promoting crisis or creating stability? 397 Richard Ballard, Adam Habib and Imraan Valodia 21 Democracy and social movements in South Africa 413 Dale McKinley 22 Post-apartheid livelihood struggles in Wentworth, South Durban 427 Sharad Chari 23 Rural development in South Africa: tensions between democracy and traditional authority 444 Lungisile Ntsebeza List of contributors 461 Index 464 Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za v List of tables and figures Tables Table 4.1 Average annual percentage growth in value added, 1991–2003 (1995 constant prices) 58 Table 4.2 Gross fixed capital formation as a proportion of gross domestic fixed investment, R million (1995 constant prices) 59 Table 4.3 Average annual growth rate of exports and imports (1996 constant prices) 61 Table 4.4 Average annual growth in export/output and import penetration ratios, 1991–2003 (1995 constant prices) 61 Table 4.5 Tariff phase-down under the WTO 64 Table 4.6 South Africa’s most favoured nation (MFN) tariff schedule, 2003 (R billion current prices) 65 Table 4.7 South Africa’s MFN, EU and SADC tariff schedules, 2003 (R billion current prices) 65 Table 4.8 Weighted average effective rates of protection for non-service sectors in the South African economy by percentage, 1996, 2000 and 2003 66 Table 4.9 Percentage change in value added, 1992–2003 67 Table 4.10 Average annual growth in capital stock, 1992–2003 (1995 constant prices) 68 Table 4.11 Average annual growth in capital stock, 1992–2003 Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za (1995 constant prices) 69 Table 4.12 Relative contribution of capital, labour and TFP to growth, South Africa, Ireland and China 76 Table 4.13 Relative contribution of capital, labour and TFP to growth, East Asia, 1960–1994 76 Table 6.1 The unwinding of economic growth (annual average GDP growth) 111 Table 6.2 Selected fiscal indicators, National Accounts data 113 Table 6.3 Selected economic data (annual average growth rates unless otherwise indicated) 114 Table 9.1 Incidence and value of the main social assistance grants, February 2003 162 vi Table 9.2 Parental status of children younger than seven years of age (percentages), Umkhanyakude study 167 Table 10.1 Data used in the Polt et al. (2001) study on ISRs 189 Table 10.2 Available research on national innovation systems in select latecomer countries 192 Table 10.3 Indicators of South Africa’s knowledge infrastructure and performance, 1999–2001 194 Table 11.1 Learning and operational performance change of firms in clusters 210 Table 14.1 A snapshot of key labour market trends, 1995–2002 276 Table 14.2 Share of employment by main sector and three skills categories 279 Table 14.3 Distribution of the unemployed across households, by household expenditure category 281 Table 14.4 Individual and household characteristics of the unemployed by household expenditure category 284 Table 14.5 Public and private service access amongst unemployed households 286 Table 14.6 Determinants of the household unemployment rate 288 Table 14.7 The impact of Bargaining Council agreements on employment (percentage shares) 292 Table 14.8 The impact of the LRA and BCEA on employment levels, by proportion of firms 293 Table 14.9 Reported responses to impact of labour regulations, by category 294 Table 14.10 Most significant responses to labour regulations 295 Table 14.11 An estimation of retrenchment costs, by occupation 296 Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Table 14.12 Impact of labour regulations on employment expansion and production costs 298 Table 15.1 Formal and informal economy labour market trends, 1997–2004 304 Table 15.2 Registration of business, by employment category 306 Table 15.3 Employment in wholesale and retail stores and in street vending, changes over time 308 Table 15.4 Enterprise-based versus employment-based definition 312 Table 15.5 Enterprise and worker characteristics, by type of worker 313 Table 15.6 Work arrangement of formal and informal workers 314 Table 15.7 Characteristics of employees, by employment category 315 vii THE DEVELOPMENT DECADE? SOUTH AFRICA, 1994–2004 Table 15.8 Formal–informal index for formal and informal workers 316 Table 15.9 Comparison of selected indicators for ‘formal-like’ informal workers and all informal workers 317 Table 16.1 Distribution of discussions and interviews 332 Table 16.2 Distribution of families visited, by family head 333 Table 16.3 Types of injury adult respondents reported 334 Table 16.4 Amount paid by adult-headed families towards burial cover (R per month) 340 Table 16.5 Amount paid by elderly-headed families towards burial cover (R per month) 341 Table 16.6 How much adult-headed families pay for burial ceremonies (R) 345 Table 17.1 Profiles of condom use and related attitudinal factors 353 Table 17.2 The odds ratios of reported condom use by wives, results from logistic regression 355 Table 19.1 HIV prevalence by province among antenatal clinic attendees, South Africa, 1994–2003 382 Table 19.2 Number of estimated HIV-infected women, men and children, South Africa, 2002/03 383 Table 19.3 Human Development Index and life expectancy data, 1998 and 2002 386 Table 19.4 Macroeconomic studies in South Africa, 2000/01 388 Figures Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Figure 2.1 A periodisation of ‘big D’ and ‘little d’ development, 1940s–2000s 16 Figure 4.1 Export/import to GDP ratios 59 Figure 4.2 Nominal and real effective exchange rates, 1994–2003 (1995=100) 60 Figure 6.1 Percentage growth in gross fixed capital formation 119 Figure 6.2 Unemployment rates by age and qualification 121 Figure 6.3 Unemployment rates by age, 1995 and 2002 123 Figure 7.1 Hypothetical asset dynamics 129 Figure 7.2 Estimated livelihood growth 132 Figure 11.1 An industrial policy and cluster strategy levers framework 220 viii Figure 14.1 Estimated
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