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Title:Inequity and Resource Allocation in South Africa: The Case of Development Region D
Author:Southall, Hilary
Year:1992
Periodical:Journal of Contemporary African Studies
Volume:11
Issue:1
Pages:85-103
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:regional development
regional disparity
Development and Technology
Economics and Trade
Abstract:South Africa is a country of vast inequity. There are racial and gender disparities, and inequalities between rural and urban areas. Much less generally acknowledged are geographic disparities. This paper presents an economic and health profile of one region of South Africa, viz. Development Region D, to illustrate that certain parts of the country are geographically disadvantaged to a significant degree. The region comprises the eastern part of the 'white' Cape Province, including the Border corridor between Ciskei and Transkei, the Ciskei, and southern and central Transkei. The paper presents a wide range of features of the region, including its economic characteristics, education and training, basic subsistence facilities, quality of life and health status, diseases, and health care resources. The conclusion is that the disparity between the region and the rest of the country appears not to depend solely on racial differences and the existence of two independent 'homelands' in the region, or even on urban/rural or gender inequality, but suggests additional underdevelopment in this geographic region. There is a real shortage of resources which will not disappear when fragmentation is eliminated and resources are shared out more equitably across racial groups. Note, ref.
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