The Military as an Economic Agent in Local Economic Development: The Case of South Africa

Abrahams, Diane

doi:10.1007/s12132-007-9001-x

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“…For regional tourists drawn to South Africa from other African countries, the local developmental potential of expanding shopping tourism and cross-border trading are additional research issues linking LED and urban tourism (Rogerson & Visser, 2007). Outside the cities, tourism was a potential LED focus for regenerating economically depressed localities feeling the impact of defence cuts or mine closures (Binns & Nel, 2001Nel & Binns, 2002b;Nel et al, 2003;Abrahams, 2007) and for reviving the fortunes of many declining small towns, including through pro-poor tourism programmes (Nel & Binns, 2002a;Rogerson, 2006bRogerson, , 2007Rogerson, , 2009bGibb & Nel, 2007;Nel & Rogerson, 2007). In rural areas, maximising the local impacts of tourism projects is a focal point for LED intervention (Rogerson & Visser, 2004;Spenceley & Goodwin, 2007;Spenceley, 2008).…”

Section: South African Researchmentioning

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Local economic development in Africa: Global context and research directions

Rogerson

Rogerson²

2010

Development Southern Africa

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This paper locates local economic development research and practice in Africa in a global context. It provides an overview of the international development of local economic development (LED), of its contested definitions and theoretical status, and of existing scholarship on the topic of LED policy and practice specifically across sub-Saharan Africa. Currently there is much more LED research available for South Africa than for the other sub-Saharan African countries. The paper highlights the need for this imbalance to be redressed.

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Section: South African Researchmentioning

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Local economic development in Africa: Global context and research directions

Rogerson

Rogerson²

2010

Development Southern Africa

106

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“…South African municipalities can initiate e-government programs that allow citizens and businesses to interact with the government via a wide range of electronic media (Abrahams & Newton-Reid, 2007). As a result, it might be claimed that local governments, who are closer to the communities, are better positioned to execute an e-government goal.…”

Section: Discussion and Findings E-government In The Local Government...mentioning

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Examining the barriers to the adoption and integration of information communication technologies as e-Government in Africa

Enaifoghe,

Ndebele

2023

IJRBS

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The study explored the adoption of information communication technologies (ICT) and its integration in Africa as an e-Government system. The article contributes to the continuing debate regarding the constraints that developing-country e-government systems face when it comes to the implementation and adoption of ICT as e-Governance for service delivery and the realization of socio-economic development. The study covers the various stakeholders who may have an impact on the implementation of e-Government at the grassroots level. It also highlights the barriers cited by other scholars of e-Governance that require local government attention. The impediments include challenges with governance, access to resources, leadership, ICT skills and funding. The study primarily relies on secondary data that is available in both the private and public domain to produce qualitative primary data. The research observations are on the essential role that local municipalities play in pursuing e-Government by using inductive thematic data analysis. The research concluded that the planning and implementation of e-governance should focus on finding methods to address a variety of issues which includes amongst other ensuring that the existing e-Governance initiatives gives valuable insight into what works and what does not, and provides meaningful guidance in developing and refining e-governance.

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“…Meanwhile, the existing literature about the role of stakeholders in LED has not taken a Pesantren as an object of the study. Of the LED stakeholders which were discussed in the previous studies included producers services (Coffey and Polèse, 1989), local government (Sellgren, 1990;Indratno and Agustina, 2005), a military (Abrahams, 2007), local entrepreneur (Dabson, 2007;Henderson, Low and Weiler, 2007) and a higher education institution (Supriyadi, 2012). Briefly, a study which has discussed a Pesantren's role in actualising theory of LED and Maq a Á sid al-Sharī'ah is absent.…”

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The practice of local economic development andMaqāṣid al-Sharī‘ah

Hudaefi

Heryani²

2019

I J Islam Mid East Fin and Mgt

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Purpose -This paper aims to study the Pesantren's role in alleviating the poverty in rural region, and the discussion is connected to the theory of local economic development and Maq a Á sid al-Sharī'ah.Design/methodology/approach -This paper engages a case study and an interview to get insight into the subject matters.Findings -This study finds that the roles of an entrepreneur and a stimulator are evident from the sampled Pesantren in empowering the local economy and the underprivileged community. Further, inasmuch as the fundamental concept of local economic development is in line with Maq a Á sid al-Sharī'ah, the evidence from the sampled Pesantren is also representative of its role in actualising it. This study is relevant for academics, local government in Indonesia and other related stakeholders.Practical implications -This paper credits both theoretical and practical implications for academics and the government. Firstly, by discussing the concept of prosperity from the Western and Islamic perspective, this paper creates a notion that these theories are harmonisable. Secondly, by sampling a Pesantren to draw how these two concepts are applied to advance a rural economy, this paper comes out with the hands-on advice for Indonesian government to legally engage with the existing Pesantrens to perform its rural development programmes.Social implications -While a Pesantren's role in empowering a disadvantaged community is comprehensively investigated, an accurate evidence is documented which can best challenge its radicalism and terrorism issues.Originality/value -This is the first study to harmonise the theory of local economic development and Maq a Á sid al-Sharī'ah and presents the practical evidence from a Pesantren.

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The Military as an Economic Agent in Local Economic Development: The Case of South Africa

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

Local economic development in Africa: Global context and research directions

Local economic development in Africa: Global context and research directions

Examining the barriers to the adoption and integration of information communication technologies as e-Government in Africa

The practice of local economic development andMaqāṣid al-Sharī‘ah

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