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The dual economy and spatial inequalities in South Africa

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: As an economist and planner with considerable experience in urban and regional development, the author is interested in spatial issues and the geography of development, These issues are enormously important in South Africa. The chapter will examine four main themes, South Africa's dual economy and how inequality is reproduced because of geography, how this emerged historically, developments since the end of apartheid and what we should be doing to take this issue more seriously and promote spatial transformation.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/32385396

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: Local Economic Development and Planning

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7162189577

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