The political economy of automobile development in Nigeria

Ugwueze, Michael I.; Ezeibe, Christian; Onuoha, Jonah

doi:10.1080/03056244.2020.1721277

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“…Liberalisation allowed cheap used vehicles to flood into the region from advanced countries. The systematic way this happened in Nigeria is explored by Ugwueze et al (2020). The component sector was also heavily affected although industrialists have shown some resilience in dealing with these adverse conditions, partly by targeting the aftermarket (Brautigam, 1997).…”

Section: The Current State Of the Automotive Industry In Ssamentioning

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Regional integration, regional value chains and the automotive industry in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Markowitz

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Development Southern Africa

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To date, regional automotive value chains have not developed to any significant extent in Africa. Growing demand for vehicles across the continent, closer economic integration and the desire on the part of some larger African countries to establish an automotive industry have improved prospects. But major obstacles remain: the political geography of the subcontinent and the tendency of the industry to cluster in a few locations indicate that many smaller countries are likely to miss out on attracting investments. This should not matter if they are attracting investment in other sectors. It does however imply that it is unlikely that the automotive industry will drive regional integration independently of a broader integration process which sees the development of regional value chains across a multitude of sectors helping to bind the continent into a larger common market.

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Section: The Current State Of the Automotive Industry In Ssamentioning

confidence: 99%

Regional integration, regional value chains and the automotive industry in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Markowitz

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Development Southern Africa

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“…The National Automotive Policy of 1993 started the process. The privatization of the six state-owned automotive assembly plants marked a decisive shift to the market (Ugwueze et al 2020). Today, Nigeria produces-or at least assembles-many of its own cars.…”

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“…The industry was quite successful. Throughout the 1970s, “the Nigerian automobile industry had the capacity to assemble 108,000 cars, 56,000 commercial vehicles and 6,000 trucks per annum” (Ugwueze et al 2020: 116). The symbiotic relationship between refineries producing fuel for cars and the increase in the number of cars in Port Harcourt is quite intuitive, possibly laying the groundwork for the linkages needed for further urban economic transformation.…”

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Oil Cities in Africa: Beyond Just Transition

Obeng‐Odoom¹

2021

American J Econ Sociol

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Nations and NGOs are promoting the idea of a transition from a petroleum-based civilization to one fueled by renewable energy. But there are many questions about how to proceed. The solution usually proposed is to develop "clean energy" as the underlying basis of a transition. Analysts tend to be concerned with climate change and land use change, with a focus on technical developments. Socioecological issues receive scant attention, especially if they relate to oil cities. This article starts from the perspective that progress in saving the planet from destruction can only be achieved by taking seriously past and present injustices and taking measures to rectify them. I use the situation in Port Harcourt, Nigeria to illustrate this proposition. I focus on three interrelated concepts: rent theft, social costs, and just transition. The central problem is rent theft because it is at the root of the "crime of poverty" and the social costs of plundering the land for energy sources. Until they address problems arising from historical injustice, campaigns for a just transition that promote clean energy in a bioeconomy will merely reproduce the central problem. Thus, reparations and land equity must be an integral part of any solution.The Fossil Fuel Question Oil cities and coal towns around the world have an ambiguous reputation. As centers of production of the fuels that have been the engine of economic development, they are viewed as being necessary. But as focal points of the desire to create a "clean and green" world, they are considered an affront to ecological morality. Overcoming their history as sources of blight and transforming them into centers of healthy

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“…Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria have developed automotive policies 6 and have attracted investment, including by multinational firms. But these are small-scale assembly operations that mainly take place on an SKD basis (Markowitz and Black, 2019;Ugwueze, Ezeibe and Onuoha, 2020). The problem with small-scale SKD production is that it creates minimal potential for developing value chains that incorporate manufacturing original equipment components.…”

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Africa’s Development Dynamics 2020

2021

Africa’s Development Dynamics

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The political economy of automobile development in Nigeria

Cited by 13 publications

References 18 publications

Regional integration, regional value chains and the automotive industry in Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional integration, regional value chains and the automotive industry in Sub-Saharan Africa

Oil Cities in Africa: Beyond Just Transition

Africa’s Development Dynamics 2020

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