This paper traces the role of local content in Zambia's mining sector in supporting industrialization and economic … diversification. It assesses productive linkages and manufacturing competitiveness during import-substitution industrialization and … manufacture of mining goods. Privatization and liberalization stymied local content capabilities, retarding industrialization and …

resource endowments. Over the last couple of years, industry in Ghana, dominated since independence by the manufacturing …This paper chronicles the evolution of industry in Ghana over the post-independence era from an inward over … subsector, is gradually being overtaken by mining and quarrying subsector due to the discovery and subsequent production of oil …

labour mobility has beneficial effects on industry productivity. Due to the fact that labour mobility is closely linked to …

processes or buildings in the German manufacturing sector based on microdata. In particular, we shed light on the relationship …

The aim of the paper is to use the data envelopment analysis (DEA) for mining in Zacatecas and provide efficiency … indicators in the years 1998, 2003, and 2008. We compare the performance of the state of Zacatecas with other mining states in … Mexico. Then the empirical analysis extends to specific mining. The study is an important source of information about mining …

We investigate whether mining affects local-level corruption in Africa. Several cross-country analyses report that … 500 industrial mines. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find evidence that mining increases bribe payments …. Mines are initially located in less corrupt areas, but mining areas turn more corrupt after mines open and actively produce …

development. In this study, we consider two major mining companies in Ghana, Anglogold Ashanti and Newmont Ghana Gold Limited, and … infrastructure in mining communities. However, there is a major flaw in empowering community members and improving their livelihoods. …

The Vancouver Composite Index fell by over 25% in less than six weeks during spring 1997 as the junior mining sector …