DEVELOPING PATHWAYS OUT OF POVERTY: THE ROLE OF LABOUR INTENSIVE ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE METHODS IN THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF A DEMOCRATIC SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa is a country with sharp contrasts between wealthy, privileged classes and the poverty-stricken underclasses. Despite the fact that, during apartheid, The Government used a dedicated fuel levy to finance massive road infrastructure projects as part of a solution to White poverty, and despite the fact that the ILO has successfully pioneered labor-intensive methods in several developing countries, the potential for roads to place rural economies on a labor-absorptive growth path does not have much intellectual support in South Africa. In South Africa, the use of labor-intensive road construction and maintenance methods has been advanced by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport. A key need is to address issues of equity in the provision of road and transport infrastructure, in the transport and construction industry, and in professional ranks. Experimental programs have been obliged to go to scale within very short timeframes and without having the institutional framework in place. The success of these programs depends on moving community consultation and participation upstream in the development planning process.

• Corporate Authors:

  Tanzania Ministry of Works

  Holland House Avenue, P.O. Box 9423
  Dar es Salaam,   Tanzania 
• Authors:
  • Mlawu, J
• Conference:
  • First Road Transportation Technology Transfer Conference in Africa
  • Location: Arusha International Conference Centre, Tanzania
  • Date: 2001-5-23 to 2001-5-25
• Publication Date: 2001

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 494-503
• Monograph Title: TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN ROAD TRANSPORTATION IN AFRICA: ARUSHA INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, TANZANIA, MAY 23-25, 2001. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Developing countries; Economic development; Highway maintenance; Highway planning; Infrastructure; Maintenance practices; Road construction; Rural areas; Rural development; Technology transfer; Workforce
• Uncontrolled Terms: Labor-intensive methods
• Geographic Terms: South Africa
• Subject Areas: Economics; Education and Training; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00813610
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 28 2002 12:00AM