The role of social entrepreneurship as a strategic tool in implementing and sustaining local economic development at UMfolozi Local Municipality
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2020
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University of Zululand
Abstract
The study analysed the role of social entrepreneurship as a strategic tool in implementing and sustaining local economic development at uMfolozi Local Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal: South Africa.The study examined the implementation of the Local Economic Development (LED) policy and the strategies used to sustain it. It further determined the challenges that the municipal officials are faced with when implementing the LED programmes. It then determined the strategies and measures for the formulation and implementation of effective social entrepreneurship initiatives for the sustainability of LED through encapsulating the Participatory Democracy Theory and the Social Entrepreneurship Theory and Sustainable Social Impact. Using the qualitative research approach, the study concluded that social entrepreneurship can be used as a strategic tool to implement and sustain local economic development.
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A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Commerce in the Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Commerce, Administration and Law, at the University of Zululand, 2020.
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Entrepreneurship, Local Economic Development (LED)