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- ItemAn assessment of regional integrated development planning in Eswatini(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03) Keatimilwe, Nonqaba Tebogo; Ndevu, Zwelinzima; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences. School of Public Leadership.ENGLISH SUMMARY : Regional integrated development planning was incorporated into policy to equally distribute development among administrative regions and rural and urban areas in Eswatini. While the goal was to reduce poverty, rural poverty has reduced at a slow pace for the population. This research was undertaken to evaluate the implementation of regional integrated development planning and to gain knowledge of the operational aspects. Research on integrated development planning in Eswatini largely focuses on implementation by urban subnational government. This investigation provides an overview of development planning by the Regional Government, which oversees Tinkhundla areas in rural Eswatini. For this reason, the entire decentralisation system was studied to understand government administration via the Tinkhundla System. The investigation included an analysis of the intergovernmental relations of all levels of government and the application of Eswatini Law and Custom in conjunction with Roman-Dutch Common Law. An exploratory, qualitative research approach was adopted. Primary data were collected from key informants through unstructured expert interviews. Secondary data from legislation, government reports and publications, as well as published and unpublished work on the topic were also collected for a comprehensive examination. Findings from this research pointed to a weak legislative framework, which has had adverse implications for integrated development planning at the Regional Level, subnational government reform, decentralisation management and policy coordination. Consequently, the major recommendations arising from the research are connected to the codification of Eswatini Law and Custom and the establishment of an enabling legislative framework, particularly the enactment of the Tinkhundla and Regional Administration Bill of 2014. Legislation is crucial for the creation of a legal basis to merge urban and rural subnational government, institutional reform of the decentralised system in Eswatini and elimination of operational ambiguity caused by Chieftaincy-related issues in the development process.