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PhD (Economic and Management Sciences with Business Management Administration), North-West University, Mafikeng Campus South Africa like the rest of the World has three main challenges which is poverty, inequality and unemployment. In South Africa we have the National Local Economic Development Strategy and each and every Province must have the Local Economic Development Strategy. The North West Province is one of the nine Provinces in South Africa and the government has allocated a budget aimed at improving the quality and standard of living for the resident of the North West Province, but there have been some challenges from the residents on delivering of basic services. The study will look at how Local Economic Development Policies have been implemented to improve the lives of the local residents. The aim of the research is to develop a sustainable LED implementation framework for the North West Province, South Africa and looking at other models from other countries on Local Economic Development Policies. This is a quantitative study where a particular area in the North West will be examined through the distribution of questionnaires to the local economic practitioners within government institutions. It is evident that achieving sustainable LED will take time, but will yield positive results for the North West if all variables are considered in an implementation of LED framework for the North West Province, South Africa. Doctoral |
