Linkages in Ghana's gold mining industry: Challenging the enclave thesis

Landscape Fragmentation as a Risk Factor for Buruli Ulcer Disease in Ghana

“…17 In addition, across Ghana, gold mining has increased sharply in recent decades. From 2004 to 2009, overall gold production in Ghana increased from 2.6% to 3.8% of global production, 18 which poses risks to environmental and human health. 19 In this study, we explore whether landscape patterns can be used as an indicator of BU disease, given its importance as a rapidly emerging tropical disease.…”

Optimal local content requirement policies for extractive industries

“…Adewuyi and Oyejide (2012), studying the oil and gas industry in Nigeria, demonstrates that, due to LCR policies and investments in telecommunications and transport, there are many local firms participating in the value chain. Bloch and Owusu (2012) shows that, due to backward linkages, gold mining in Ghana is no longer completely an enclave. An increase in local copper production in Zambia, Lippert (2014) Designing or implementing development policy specifically targeting economic linkages is a formidable challenge.…”

“…One popular development strategy is to establish a local content requirement ("LCR") policy calling for a foreign investor to source a portion of its procurements from local suppliers in the domestic economy. LCR policies have long been studied for various industries (Grossman 1981), and there is currently a vibrant debate on their design or implementation in extractive industries, especially in resourcerich low-income countries (Venables 2016;Marcel et al 2016;Bastida 2014;Adedeji et al 2016;Ovadia 2016;Nwapi 2015;Morris et al 2012;Haddow 2014;Sutton 2014;Hanlin and Hanlin 2012;Hunter 2014;Tordo et al 2013;Ramdoo 2015;Kaiser 2014;Bloch and Owusu 2012;Kolstad and Kinyondo 2015;Hufbauer et al 2013;Adewuyi and Oyejide 2012;Östensson 2014;Winkler 2014;Fessehaie 2012). Although sub-optimal LCR policies in extractive industries, as we discuss further below, likely have adverse economic consequences, the fundamental elements of optimal design or implementation seem to be poorly understood.…”

Young entrepreneurs in Sub-Saharan Africa

“…The SSM sector has also been widely condemned in policy circles and a government task force has been established to try to curtail galamsey activities. Although there is considerable research on various aspects of mining in Ghana (see, among others, Akabzaa, 2009;Banchirigah, 2008;Bloch & Owusu, 2012;Hilson & Potter, 2005;Larsen, Yankson, & Fold, 2008), little is known about who engages in the different activities that constitute SSM, nor have any studies investigated in detail the ancillary activities that take place in mining settlements. This chapter explores the range of entrepreneurial activities undertaken by youth in SSM.…”