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Can mining promote industrialization?: A comparative analysis of policy frameworks in three Southern African countries

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  • Judith Fessehaie
  • Zavareh Rustomjee
  • Lauralyn Kaziboni

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This paper explores the potential to leverage large-scale mineral extraction in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe to foster mineral beneficiation and upstream industries. The evidence suggests that the success or failure of a resource-based industrialization approach is country and sector specific, requiring the deployment of different and appropriately tailored policy instruments.

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  • Judith Fessehaie & Zavareh Rustomjee & Lauralyn Kaziboni, 2016. "Can mining promote industrialization?: A comparative analysis of policy frameworks in three Southern African countries," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2016-83, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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