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problems <strong>of</strong> equity and democratic representation and the ability to address the need for a<br />

broader multi-functional coordination.<br />

Chapter three establishes the dynamics <strong>of</strong> development. The policies and planning<br />

frameworks from the international and national perspectives are also looked at. Particularly<br />

noteworthy <strong>of</strong> issues deliberated in this section are the approach, roles and responsibilities <strong>of</strong><br />

the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) towards local development. The<br />

UNCDF supports local development programmes; distils and disseminates policy lessons in<br />

local development and decentralization policy from its LDPs thereby promoting cross-country<br />

learning and exchange.<br />

Local Economic Development (LED), as a strategic tool to pursue the rural development and<br />

urban renewal agenda <strong>of</strong> South Africa to counter the legacy <strong>of</strong> uneven development in the<br />

country is looked at in great detail. This is considered within the framework <strong>of</strong> integrated<br />

development plan, which serves as the basis on which planning, guidance, development,<br />

resource allocation as well as budgeting is done in all municipalities in South Africa Also<br />

dealt with in this section are the modalities involved in the IDP process, the institutional<br />

arrangement and capabilities. <strong>Institutional</strong>ising public participation in order to create<br />

structures and design policies and programme to serve the developmental interests <strong>of</strong> the<br />

people is reviewed. The last but the least, the four stages in the IDP implementation cycle are<br />

described. Finally, the benefits <strong>of</strong>lDP are presented.<br />

This study recognises the importance <strong>of</strong> IDP in clarifying the situational and local economic<br />

development <strong>of</strong>the Ulundi municipal development initiative. The IDP implementation cycle<br />

is significant for the planning and development <strong>of</strong> both urban and rural environments and<br />

more specifically for Ulundi as the latter is fundamentally located in a rural environment.<br />

The chapter further presents an overview <strong>of</strong> the models <strong>of</strong> development. The models are<br />

macro in nature, however, they have indirect influence on the micro-economic variables at<br />

local economic development landscapes. An understanding <strong>of</strong> theories and models <strong>of</strong><br />

development is important for this study on the situational and local economic development in<br />

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