Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Introduction -- A History of South African Townships -- A Conceptual Framework for the Township Economy -- Economic and Social Trends in Townships and Informal Settlements -- The Township of Diepsloot: A Case Study -- Toward a Dynamic Township Economy -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 A History of Townships in South Africa -- Introduction -- Townships, Labor Supply, and Apartheid -- Resistance, Reform, and the End of Apartheid -- Postapartheid Policy and Practice -- Impacts of Wider Policies and Social Dynamics on Human Settlements -- Townships within the Wider Economy -- Conclusions: Townships Today -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 A Conceptual Framework for the Township Economy -- An Integrated Analytical Approach -- Dual-Economy Literature and the Urban Informal Sector -- An Analytical Framework for South Africa's Urban Economy -- In Search of a South Africa "Convergence Machine" -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Economic and Social Trends in Townships and Informal Settlements -- A Segmented Economic Terrain -- Demographic Trends across Settlement Types -- Labor Market Trends across Settlement Types -- Consumption, Poverty, and Household Trends across Settlement Types -- Social Indicators and Access to Services -- Summary and Conclusions -- Annex 3A: The Data Sources and Their Limitations -- Annex 3B: Tables with Detailed Data -- Annex 3C: Figures with Detailed Data -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Access to Finance in Townships and Informal Settlements -- An Unequal Access to Finance -- Household Access to Finance -- Access to Finance for Micro, Small, and Medium-Size Enterprises -- Access to Finance and Banking Structure in South Africa -- Conclusions -- Annex 4A: Regression Analyses -- Notes -- References.

Chapter 5 Qualitative Assessment of the Diepsloot Economy -- Diepsloot Township: A Potent Brew of Anger, Disillusionment, Suspicion, Fear-and Hope -- An Overview of Diepsloot -- The Politics of Housing and Land Ownership -- The Small-Business Sector -- The Labor Market -- The Foreign Trading Sector -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Diepsloot's Investment Climate -- Amid Constraints, Growth Potential -- Diepsloot's Entrepreneurs -- The Potential for Enterprise Development -- Constraints to Enterprise Development -- Conclusions -- Annex 6A: Detailed Data on Diepsloot's Investment Climate -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7 Income and Expenditure Patterns in Diepsloot -- Household-Level View of a Township Economy -- Demographic and Social Profile of Diepsloot Households -- Sources of Income for Diepsloot Households -- Household Expenditure Patterns for Diepsloot -- Implications of Income Growth for Economic Activity in Diepsloot -- Conclusions -- Annex 7A: Estimation Procedure -- Annex 7B: Estimation Results and Discussion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8 A Social Accounting Matrix for the Economy of Diepsloot -- Modeling a Township as an Economic Entity -- A Diepsloot SAM: Conceptual and Design Issues -- Multipliers for Diepsloot -- Policy Implications -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- Figures -- Map -- Photos -- Tables -- Back Cover.