Development under third world conditions: The South African experience

Abstract

Although it is obvious that there will always be room for improvement, in some respects more than in others, it can generally be concluded that substantial progress has been made in the development of the national states, regarded as a third world point of view. While there is even a large disagreement in South Africa about objectives regarding the constitutional development of the national states, there is no doubt that, with the devolution of administration from central government to traditional areas, these areas benefited greatly from development. A new approach to regional development over geographic segregations, and greatly improved decentralization incentives will certainly hurt the rate of development in the national states. Although this article does not approve or refute issues regarding the increase of living standards among people in these areas, there is sufficient proof that significant progress has been made in education, health and social welfare.