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Title: | Export-Processing Zones and Spatial Planning in South Africa |
Author: | Rogerson, Christian M. |
Year: | 1975 |
Periodical: | South African Journal of African Affairs |
Volume: | 5 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 42-46 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | exports economic policy Development and Technology Economics and Trade |
Abstract: | One of the most fertile debates currently raging in South African economic literature relates to the future direction of national development policy. Essentially, the argument centres upon whether South Africa should reorientate its foreign trade strategy away from the current emphasis upon import-substitution, towards export promotion. This re-examination is taking place at a period of considerable rethinking also on programmes for planning the spatial economic system of South Africa. In particular, the viability and costs of the existing strategy for economic decentralization are the subject of much concern. This paper examines more specifically the role enjoyed by export-processing zones in a clutch of industrializing societies and the possible significance of export-processing zones in relation to South African spatial planning. The author suggests that the concept of an export-processing zone promises a development tool of great moment for the Black homelands. Ref. |