Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/211303 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Working Paper No. 2019/80
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
We examine the extent to which two of Africa's leading gold mining economies, Ghana and Tanzania, have adopted transformative local procurement policies to enhance backward linkages from the minerals sector. We assess the impact that evolving legislation in the gold industry has had on industrialization and development in each country. South Africa's gold mining investments in Ghana and Tanzania are used to illustrate policy impact and the state-capital relations that shape policy formulation and implementation. We conclude this study with concrete policy recommendations for host country governments and South African policy makers on how to deepen backward linkages emerging out of South African gold mining operations in each country. We propose that this research forms the beginning of in-depth assessments of the impact of South African mining investment on the continent and its potential role in realizing the minerals-based industrialization agenda of Africa's resource-rich economies.
Subjects: 
gold mining
industrial policy
local procurement
minerals-based industrialization
Tanzania
Ghana
South Africa
JEL: 
O55
L72
O14
O25
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
ISBN: 
978-92-9256-714-9
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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