In addition to the laws and policies directly supporting and encouraging pro-poor
LED, other instruments, such as Integratedintegrated Developmentdevelopment Planningplanning, provide additional support for implementation. Integrated Developmentdevelopment Planningplanning is a key process used within LED, which looks toward the use of planning to situate pro-poor development and LED specifically.<ref>World Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program (BNPP), 2005. "Investigation of Pro-Poor Local Economic Development in South Africa."</ref> The South African Forum for Effective Planning and Development in 1995 defined Integratedintegrated Developmentdevelopment Planningplanning as, ‘A participatory approach to integrate economic, sectoral, spatial, social, institutional, environmental and fiscal strategies in order to support the optimal allocation of scarce resources between sectors and geographical areas and across the population in a manner that provides [[sustainable growth]], equity and the empowerment of the poor and the marginalised’.<ref>Department of Provincial and Local Government Affairs (DPLG), 2000: Local Economic Development: Guideline to Institutional Arrangements, Local Economic Development Manual Series Volume 1, DPLG, Pretoria.</ref>
In terms of what an 'Integratedintegrated Developmentdevelopment Planplan' (IDP) should include, the Municipal Systems Act clearly brings out the pro-poor dimensions of government thinking. The Actact states that an integrated development plan must reflect:<ref>RSA, 2000a: Local Government Municipal Systems Bill, Government Gazette No. 21071 of 13 April 2000.</ref>
* The municipal council's vision for the long-term development of the municipality. Special emphasis is to be placed on the municipality's most critical development needs
