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    Implementation evaluation: a case study of the city of Cape Town’s investment incentive policy
    (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12) Joja, Michelle; Rabie, Babette; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Leadership.
    ENGLISH SUMMARY : Changes in the global economy have compelled economies (countries, regions, cities, etc.) to take more creative measures to attain the economic growth necessary to sustain their populations. One of these creative measures involves the development and implementation of Investment Incentives Policies. Many economies, including that of the City of Cape Town municipality, have developed these policies. South Africa and South African cities, however, as in many developing economies, have not been as successful in policy implementation as they been in policy formulation. This paper considers the implementation of the City of Cape Town’s Investment Incentives Policy. A mixed-methods approach was used in this study because this means of synthesising qualitative and quantitative data, methods, methodologies, and/or paradigms in a research study was seen as suited to this study. This is the case because the main purpose this study was to evaluate the implementation process followed by the City of Cape Town when implementing the Investment Incentives Policy. The study commences by reviewing policy implementation literature, then presents a model developed for successful policy implementation, and assesses the City of Cape Town’s Investment Incentives Policy against this model. The proposed model attempts to demonstrate that implementation involves preparation, planning, analysis, assessment and organising to ensure that, when the policy is applied to a population and environment, the environment and the population are ready for its application. When the proposed model is applied to the City of Cape Town’s Investment Incentives Policy, it is found that many of the preparatory requirements necessary for successful implementation had not been undertaken by the City of Cape Town. This leads to the assumption that, should implementation continue in the same manner, the policy goals will not be attained. In line with this finding, this thesis provides recommendations to improve the implementation process of the Investment Incentive Policy to ensure that the intended outcomes and goals of the policy are attained.