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SMME development in peripheral regions: Manufacturing in Free State Province, South Africa

SMME development in peripheral regions: Manufacturing in Free State Province, South Africa SMME Development in Peripheral Regions: Manufacturing in Free State Province, South Africa Christian M. Rogerson INTRODUCTION As in several other African countries (see e.g., Liedholm and Mead, 1999; McCormick, 1999), in South Africa, the activities of the small, medium and micro- enterprise (SMME) economy are viewed as critical for addressing the goals of promoting economic growth, employment creation and poverty alleviation (Rogerson, 2001a). Since the democratic transition in 1994, the post-apartheid state has introduced a suite of new national support programmes to assist entrepre- neurship development and upgrading of the SMME economy (DTI, 2004). Re- views of the impact of the first decade of government support for SMME development have generally been mixed (Berry et al., 2002; Kesper, 2002; Rogerson, 2004a). Several areas of agreement, however, are evident, inter alia, the existing national data for impact evaluation is poor; the SMME economy ex- hibits only a weak contribution towards job creation because most SMMEs do not grow; and, that existing government SMME programmes largely have been bi- ased towards the groups of small and medium-sized enterprises, and, to a large extent have by-passed groups of micro-enterprises and the informal economy (Berry et al., 2002; Rogerson, 2004a). It is against http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Urban Forum Springer Journals

SMME development in peripheral regions: Manufacturing in Free State Province, South Africa

Rogerson, Christian
Urban Forum , Volume 16 (1) – Jul 21, 2005
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2005 by Transaction Publishers
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Geography; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; Human Geography; Sociology; Political Science; Population Economics
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1015-3802
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SMME Development in Peripheral Regions: Manufacturing in Free State Province, South Africa Christian M. Rogerson INTRODUCTION As in several other African countries (see e.g., Liedholm and Mead, 1999; McCormick, 1999), in South Africa, the activities of the small, medium and micro- enterprise (SMME) economy are viewed as critical for addressing the goals of promoting economic growth, employment creation and poverty alleviation (Rogerson, 2001a). Since the democratic transition in 1994, the post-apartheid state has introduced a suite of new national support programmes to assist entrepre- neurship development and upgrading of the SMME economy (DTI, 2004). Re- views of the impact of the first decade of government support for SMME development have generally been mixed (Berry et al., 2002; Kesper, 2002; Rogerson, 2004a). Several areas of agreement, however, are evident, inter alia, the existing national data for impact evaluation is poor; the SMME economy ex- hibits only a weak contribution towards job creation because most SMMEs do not grow; and, that existing government SMME programmes largely have been bi- ased towards the groups of small and medium-sized enterprises, and, to a large extent have by-passed groups of micro-enterprises and the informal economy (Berry et al., 2002; Rogerson, 2004a). It is against

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