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The potential of extractive industries as anchor investments for broader regional developmentThe paper reviews what we know about the possibilities of designing and implementing policy measures that raise the contribution of the extractive industries’ production/consumption links to economic growth and wellbeing, and reviews how polici...
Downstream processing Extractive industries InfrastructureBook Chapter
Local content in Zambia—a faltering experience?From the book: Mining for Change
Industrialization Local content Economic linkagesBook Chapter
The construction sector in ZambiaFrom the book: Mining for Change
Industrialization Local content Economic linkagesBook Chapter
Enhancing local content in UgandaFrom the book: Mining for Change
Local content Oil and gas Tax administration dataBook Chapter
Local content: Are there benefits for Tanzania?From the book: Mining for Change
Extractive industries Local content MiningBook Chapter
Local content and the prospects for economic diversification in MozambiqueFrom the book: Mining for Change
Natural resource management Extractive industries Economic diversificationBook Chapter
Local content law and practice: The case of GhanaFrom the book: Mining for Change
Local content Law Oil and gasWorking Paper
Charity begins at home: The political economy of non-tariff barriers to trade in Southern AfricaIncreased intra-regional trade in southern Africa will have a positive impact on economic growth. However, this requires a shifting of loyalties from the national to the regional...
Local content Regional integration Southern African Development CommunityWorking Paper
Local content law and practice: The case of the oil and gas industry in GhanaLocal content and local participation policy and legislation have come to stay in Ghana’s oil and gas industry...
Local content Law Oil and gasResearch Brief
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Optimal local content for extractive industries: How can policies best create benefits for Tanzania?Tanzania is rich with natural resources, which have significant potential to contribute to the country’s economic development...
Extractive industries Local content MiningBook Chapter
Local content, supply chains, and shared infrastructureFrom the book: Extractive Industries
Extractive industries Local content Industrial policyWorking Paper
Natural resources, structural change, and industrial development: Local content in Zambia—a faltering experience?This paper traces the role of local content in Zambia’s mining sector in supporting industrialization and economic diversification...
Industrialization Local content Economic linkagesWorking Paper
What are the prospects for Mozambique to diversify its economy on the back of ‘local content’?In recent years, Mozambique has made international headlines for the significant hydrocarbon deposits found offshore. These have increased the country’s extractive resource endowments, in addition to its mining and onshore natural gas sector...
Natural resource management Extractive industries Economic diversificationWorking Paper
Enhancing local content in Uganda’s oil and gas industryThis paper analyses policy options to promote local content in Uganda as it transitions into an oil-producing country...
Local content Oil and gas Tax administration dataWorking Paper
Local content, supply chains, and shared infrastructureLocal content policies in the context of extractive industries have attracted increased interest in recent years...
Extractive industries Local content Industrial policy