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Resource nationalism and local content in Tanzania: Experiences from mining and consequences for the petroleum sector

Siri Lange, +1 more
- 01 Nov 2016 - 
- Vol. 3, Iss: 4, pp 1095-1104
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In this paper, the authors argue that previous experiences in the extractive industries are a central factor for public sentiments and debates on resource nationalism and local content in the petroleum sector, and present some of the initiatives that mining companies have taken to increase the local content.
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This article is published in The Extractive Industries and Society.The article was published on 2016-11-01. It has received 75 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Resource nationalism & Elite capture.

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Property, Institutions, and Social Stratification in Africa

TL;DR: In this paper, Franklin Obeng-Odoom seeks to carefully explain, engage, and systematically question the existing explanations of inequalities within Africa, and between Africa and the rest of the world using insights from the emerging field of stratification economics.
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New resource nationalism? Continuity and change in Tanzania’s extractive industries

TL;DR: Magufuli's attempt to exercise greater control over extractive industries culminated in the passing of three pieces of legislation in July 2017 as mentioned in this paper, which aim to regain the loss of the country's sovereignty over its resources, first and foremost by opening the renegotiation of existing contracts and removing firms' access to international arbitration.
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Local content requirements in the petroleum sector in Tanzania: A thorny road from inception to implementation?

TL;DR: In this article, the authors study the process behind the development of local content policies and the positions of stakeholders, and suggest that future Tanzanian policy development should include in-depth consultations to maximize the decision maker's knowledge base, add to the transparency of the process and manage expectations.

Developmental Fusion: Chinese Investment, Resource Nationalism, and the Distributive Politics of Uranium Mining in Namibia

TL;DR: DeBoom et al. as discussed by the authors analyzed how China's influence operates at global, national, and sub-national scales in relation to natural resource politics in the southern African country of Namibia.
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Reconfigured state-community relations in Africa’s extractive sectors: insights from post-liberalisation Tanzania

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how the relationships between the state, investors and community actors in respect of mining and petroleum investments have developed as a result of the introduction of more detailed regulations and tougher fiscal and operational terms.
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Corporate Social Responsibility in the Extractive Industries: Experiences from Developing Countries

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Multinational corporations and host country institutions: A case study of CSR activities in Angola

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Extracting sovereignty: Capital, territory, and gold mining in Tanzania

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the exclusive control of national states over internal resources in opposition to external foreign capital cannot be restricted within national space and institutionally circumscribed within the state apparatus, and that resource sovereignty must be understood in relational terms to take into account the global geography of nonstate actors that shape access to and control over natural resources.
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Resource Nationalism, Bargaining and International Oil Companies: Challenges and Change in the New Millennium

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