National Spatial Development Perspective NSDP

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National Spatial Development Perspective (NSDP)

• Policy Coordination and Advisory Service

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NATIONAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
Structure of Presentation

• Overview of NSDP
• Approach
• Purpose
• Principles
• Reading of Provincial Economy in relation to the
  National Economy
• People
• Economy

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Background
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Purpose of NSDP
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Purpose of NSDP
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Purpose of NSDP

• Given our objective to grow the economy, create
  jobs, address poverty and promote social
  cohesion, the NSDP assists government in
  confronting three fundamental planning questions

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Approach

• International theory shows that spatial
  inequality is a product of growth and the dynamic
  qualities of areas are developed historically and
  culturally over a long period of time

Regions and countries with unequal spatial
economies converge at about 2 a year (if at all)
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Approach
The spatial concentration of growth in South
Africa reveals South Africa is not unique
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Approach
International case studies and theory further
shows
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NATIONAL SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
Approach
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NSDP principles
The NSDP puts forward a set of normative
principles in order to
Contribute to the broader growth and development
policy objectives of government
Surface the spatial dimensions of social
exclusion and inequality

• Lift the burden of unequal and inefficient
  spatial arrangements placed on the state e.g.
• high transport subsidies)
• communities (especially the poor) who incur huge
  transaction costs by having to commute large
  distances to and from work

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NSDP principles
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NSDP principles

• gear up private sector investment
• stimulate sustainable economic activities
• create long-term employment opportunities

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NSDP principles
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NSDP principles

• Infrastructure investment should primarily
  support localities that will become major growth
  nodes in South Africa and the SADC region to
  create regional gateways to the global economy

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Applying the NSDP