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

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dc.contributor.authorBloch, Robin
dc.contributor.authorOwusu, George
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-14T14:24:32Z
dc.date.available2013-06-14T14:24:32Z
dc.date.issued2011-03
dc.description.abstractThis report contains the findings of research into the case of the gold mining industry in Ghana. By 2009, Ghana was the second-ranked African producer after South Africa, and had become the world’s ninth largest producer of gold, at some 3.8% of global production, up from 2.6% five years earlier. Gold production volumes and revenues rose significantly over the decade, Yet gold mining tends to be perceived negatively in Ghana, and is seen as providing far less than it should in terms of public revenue, employment, skills development and spillovers, and localised economic development. Gold mining is often depicted as having an enclave status, disconnected and isolated from the rest of the economy. In contract, our research findings demonstrate that after a period of strong investment and growth, gold mining can no longer be viewed as an enclave activity and is in fact more deeply linked into the Ghanaian economy than hitherto understood through a set of as yet under-researched, imperfect, but promising economic linkages, notably backward linkages, which can potentially be strengthened by policy and support measures.en
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dc.format.extent1 digital file (43 p.)en
dc.format.mimetypeApplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-77011-232-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/51380
dc.identifier.urihttp://commodities.open.ac.uk/discussionpapers
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Open Universityen
dc.relation.ispartofMaking the Most of Commodities Programme (MMCP) discussion paper / University of Cape Town and Open University; no. 1en
dc.subjectGHANAen
dc.subjectGOLD MINING INDUSTRYen
dc.subjectMINING PRODUCTIONen
dc.subjectGOLD MINESen
dc.subjectFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTen
dc.subjectOWNERSHIPen
dc.subjectLEGISLATIONen
dc.subjectGHANAen
dc.titleLinkages in Ghana's gold mining industry : challenging the enclave thesisen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.componentnumber105107001
idrc.project.number105107
idrc.project.titleMaking the Most of Commodities Program (sub-Saharan Africa)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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