Wealth doesn't trickle down
Subtitle: the case for a developmental state in South Africa
By: edited by Ben Turok.
Contributors: Turok, Ben, 1927-
Publisher: New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780620409711
Subjects: Poor -- South Africa; South Africa -- Economic policy; South Africa -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Seminar report: Is the developmental state really controversial / Ben Turok. 1. The ANC view. Extracts from the 2007 conference documents.  2. The state of our state. It does not matter what slant or take you have on the developmental state: at the end of the day, a strong coherent and astute public service is critical / S.S. Sangweni and Nizipho Mxakato-Diseko; title: Public service capacity and organisation / Richard M. Levin. 3. The state of the economy. The role of development finance for industry / Lumkile Mondi; title: Questions of growth, questions of development / Seeraj Mohamed and Simon Roberts; title: The economics of developmental states / Mohamed Jahed and Susan Kimathi. 4. Rural development. Developmental state: implications for rural development in South Africa / Charles Machethe; title: Can former homelands be more than dormitories? / Phathekile Holomisa. 5. Conceptual issues. The developmental state and the national democratic revolution / Alec Erwin; title: A developmental state for South Africa? / Neva Makgetla; title: What is distinctive about a South African developmental state? / Ben Turok; title: Development is a political issue / Adam Habib; title: Perspectives on the South African developmental state / Glen Thomas. 6. Remedial issues. Bridging the second economy / Olive Shisana; title: Skills mismatch crisis: can we stem the tide? / Haroon Bhorat; title: Will infrastructure spending and public works benefit the poor? / Anna McCord and Charles Meth; title: A labour perspective on the developmental state debate / Oupa Bodibe; title: The developmental state in a social market economy / Wolfgang H. Thomas; title: Palace politics or people's politics?: the challenges facing the ANC-led alliance / Jeremy Cronin.