compensated
partially by the provision of modest social
services and social grants.
The book traces the revolt against economic
orthodoxy at the ANC Polokwane conference which
was pressed forward at the Tripartite Economic
Summit in 2008. The book analyses the economic
challenges that will face the new government
in 2009 with original insights into what should
be done to address the economic crisis. It sets
out a framework for alternative development
programmes based on a change of mindset about
the centrality of development planning in a
pro-people developmental state.The analysis
is based on 15 years work in parliament and
in economic committees of the ANC which provided
unequalled access to vast documentation and
discussions with the top policy makers of the
ANC and government.
The contents include extensive examination of
the international conditions at the transition
in 1994, the creation of the RDP, the switch
to Gear, the distortions of BEE, the dual economy,
the lessons from Africa and the reasons why
the productive sectors of the economy have stalled.
There is a postscript on the decisions of the
Tripartite Economic Summit in which the proposed
changes to government policies are assessed.
About the Author
Prof Ben Turok is a member of parliament in
South Africa and visiting professor at the University
of KwaZulu-Natal. He is a veteran of the ANC,
Editor of New Agenda, and founder of the Institute
for African Alternatives in the UK and Africa.
He has published many books on development economics
and politics in Africa.
Contents
Introduction
Ch 1 ANC Economic Policy in the Struggle Years
Ch 2 The Political Context of the Transition
1990-1994
Ch 3 The International Context of the Transition
Ch 4 Reconstruction and Development Programme
Ch 5 The Switch to Gear
Ch 6 Black Economic Empowerment (BEE)
Ch 7 The Dual Economy
Ch 8 The ANC and Africa
Ch 9 Stalled in Orthodoxy
Postscript
Acronyms
Index
Enquiries
Germaine,
Tel: 021 403 2593/ 073 9559 473
Fax: 021 461 9390
Email bturok@anc.org.za
December 10, 2008.
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