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Rethinking resource enclavity in developing countries: Embedding Global Production Networks in gold mining regions

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  • Gavin Hilson
  • Yanfei Hu
  • Abigail Hilson
  • John R Owen
  • Éléonore Lèbre
  • Titus Sauerwein

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This article explores how the gold mining sector has adapted and evolved in developing countries since the onset of the global pandemic. A major criticism of capital-intensive gold mines has been that they occur as enclaves which fail to catalyze local economic development. Pre-pandemic, the pressure applied by NGOs and donors on gold mining companies to ‘de-enclave’ was steadily building. It has since dissipated, however, because many governments have declared mining an ‘essential’ industry. This decision has further entrenched the sector’s enclavity by justifying companies’ moves to continue operating in isolation and abandon their traditional Corporate Social Responsibility strategies.

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  • Gavin Hilson & Yanfei Hu & Abigail Hilson & John R Owen & Éléonore Lèbre & Titus Sauerwein, 2024. "Rethinking resource enclavity in developing countries: Embedding Global Production Networks in gold mining regions," Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press, vol. 24(1), pages 95-116.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jecgeo:v:24:y:2024:i:1:p:95-116.
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    Keywords

    Gold mining; enclaves; Global Production Network (GPN); stakeholder salience; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR);
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    JEL classification:

    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • L72 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction - - - Mining, Extraction, and Refining: Other Nonrenewable Resources
    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • N5 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries
    • Q32 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Exhaustible Resources and Economic Development

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