OECD territorial reviews Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town, South Africa.
The Cape Town city-region, which is the second-largest area in South Africa (4 million inhabitants), reflects the national challenge of creating new economic opportunities while correcting past inequities. Since the end of the apartheid system, Cape Town has benefited from macroeconomic stabilisatio...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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c2008.
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| Colección: | OECD Territorial Reviews,
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705794806719 |
| Sumario: | The Cape Town city-region, which is the second-largest area in South Africa (4 million inhabitants), reflects the national challenge of creating new economic opportunities while correcting past inequities. Since the end of the apartheid system, Cape Town has benefited from macroeconomic stabilisation and has outpaced the national average growth rate. It has both modernised its traditional strengths in port logistics and developed innovative sectors in tourism, agro-food processing, viticulture, financial and business services. However, 22% of the population is unemployed and 38% of residents live below the poverty line. This report identifies the key missing collective goods that could both create externalities for firms and foster a more equitable distribution. It provides a platform for the development of a forward-looking, cross-cutting regional development strategy and proposes new "second generation" governance reforms to consolidate previous achievements and respond to emerging obstacles. |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-322). |
| ISBN: | 9781281828194 9786611828196 9789264049642 |
