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3.8 CONCLUSION
The chapter establishes the dynamics ofdevelopment. The policies and planning frameworks
from the international and national perspectives are also looked at. Particularly noteworthy of
issues deliberated in this section are the approach, roles and responsibilities of the United
Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) towards local development. The UNCDF
supports local development programmes; distils and disseminates policy lessons in local
development and decentralization policy from its LDPs thereby promoting cross-country
learning and exchange.
Local Economic Development (LED), as a strategic tool to pursue the rural development and
urban renewal agenda of South Africa to counter the legacy of uneven development in the
country is looked at in great detail. This is considered within the framework of integrated
development plan, which serves as the basis on which planning, guidance, development,
resource allocation as well as budgeting is done in all municipalities in South Africa. Also
dealt with in this section are the modalities involved in the lOP process, the institutional
arrangement and capabilities. Institutionalising public participation in order to create
structures and design policies and programme to serve the developmental interests of the
people is reviewed. The last but the least, the four stages in the lOP implementation cycle are
described. Finally, the benefits ofIDP are presented.
This study recognises the importance of lOP in clarifying the situational and spatial analysis
ofthe Ulundi municipal development initiative. The lOP implementation cycle is significant
for the planning and development ofboth urban and rural environments, and more specifically
for Ulundi as the latter is fundamentally located in a rural environment.
The chapter further presents an overview of the models of development. The models are
macro in nature, however, they have indirect influence on the micro-economic variables at
local economic development landscapes. An understanding of theories and models of
development is important for this study on the situational and local economic development in
Ulundi. When the models of development are applied to this study. an insight into the
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