The making of local content policies in Zambia's copper sector: Institutional impediments to resource-led development

Peter Kragelund

Resources Policy, 2017, vol. 51, issue C, 57-66

Abstract: •Mining in Zambia has led to deindustrialisation.•Local policies are widely perceived as a path to resource-led development.•Local content policies are offset by other policies.•Policies are vague where vagueness negatively affects local suppliers.•Local content policies should be aligned to broader legal practices.

Keywords: Copper mining; Zambia; Local content policy; Linkages; Economic development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2016.11.008

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