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

Resources Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 434-442

  Bloch, Robin ^a,b   Owusu, George ^c  

^a ICF GHK Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Enclave; Ghana; Global value chains; Gold mining; Industrialisation; Linkages

Indexed keywords

ENCLAVE; GHANA; GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN; GOLD MINING; INDUSTRIALISATION;

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; GOLD MINES;

GOLD;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOLD MINE; INDUSTRIAL LINKAGE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MINING INDUSTRY; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

GHANA;

EID: 84870246431     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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