An appropriate development strategy for Southern Africa∗

For the purposes of this article Southern Africa is defined as the RSA, the self‐governing states and the independent states. RSA refers specifically to that territory from which the independent and self‐governing national states are excluded.

Abstract

The limited successes achieved with development in the Third World and the national states in Southern Africa have necessitated a considerable change in development thinking and practice. The conventional developmental approach, which is based on growth models, is inappropriate for the conditions in the LDCs. A new development approach, coupled with an appropriate development strategy, has culminated in the development literature.

In this article the poverty problem in Southern Africa is outlined as a general background, whereafter the new development approach and a few guidelines for an appropriate development strategy is discussed. The application of the new strategy in the circumstances of Southern Africa is highlighted.

Notes

For the purposes of this article Southern Africa is defined as the RSA, the self‐governing states and the independent states. RSA refers specifically to that territory from which the independent and self‐governing national states are excluded.

Research and Strategic Planning Division: Development Bank of Southern Africa.