A Developmental State: The Challenge Ahead
- Author:
- Various speakers
- Subject:
- Business, Social Sciences
- Institution Name:
- University of Capetown
- Collection:
- University of Capetown
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Abstract:
Lecture series coordinated by Alec Erwin, Honorary Professor of Economics University of the Western Cape. Considerable economic and other challenges face contemporary states around the world. This is even more the case for Africa, where the developmental issues are massive. This course will examine the implications of a commitment to a 'developmental state' for South Africa and Africa, and assess key contemporary challenges. ' Development' is a complex concept and the role that states have played, or can play, in achieving development is also a contested area. The first lecture will consider these issues with specific reference to Africa and South Africa. Attention will then turn to the critical policy balance between development and environmental sustainability - an issue made more pressing as the reality of climate change is increasingly felt. The third lecture will examine how the size and complexity of the large energy systems relied upon by the world economies pose major new structural challenges. South Africa's future depends as much on the development of Africa, as on its own development. Do African states have the capacity to lead the developmental process? This issue will be the subject of the fourth lecture. The final lecture will consider whether the claims that South Africa is a 'developmental state' are justified or even possible. Alec Erwin, a past Minister of Trade and Industry and of Public Enterprises, will give two of the lectures, and significant South African and regional economists and policy thinkers will contribute to the course.
- Languages:
- English
- Material Type:
- Audio Lectures
- Media Format:
- Audio
- Conditions of Use:
- Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 2.5
- Copyright Holder:
- University of Cape Town
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