OECD territorial reviews. Cape Town, South Africa
- Additional Titles
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Published
- Paris : OECD, [2008]
- Copyright Date
- ©2008
- Physical Description
- 322 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Online Version
- Contents
- Cape Town : an emerging growth pole in South Africa -- Towards a competitive and inclusive city-region -- Metropolitan governance in Cape Town.
- Summary
- 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 stabilization and has outpaced the national average growth rate. It has both modernized 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.--Publisher's description.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9789264049635
9264049630 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-322).
- Other Forms
- Available both in print and online.
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