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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 337-346 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Area Development and Policy |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 5 Nov 2020 |
Abstract
The World Bank, World Trade Organization and others promote integration into global markets as a certain path towards economic development. Some researchers share this optimism, arguing that development is the record of how one thing leads to another, once peripheral locations have plugged into global networks. Comparing resource peripheries in South America, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa with regard to the upstream oil and gas sector, we call for a more nuanced assessment. Against the backdrop of 38 narrative, open-ended interviews, we show that there is spatial polarization between ‘gateways’ and peripheral sites in Southeast Asia. Argentinean and Ghanaian case studies reveal that local firms usually provide generic services, with little prospects of venturing into higher value-adding activities. We conclude that at least the oil and gas sector is not suitable for fulfilling very optimistic expectations on development.
Keywords
- extractive industry, gateway, global production network, regional development, spatial polarization
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Social Sciences(all)
- Sociology and Political Science
- Social Sciences(all)
- Urban Studies
- Social Sciences(all)
- Public Administration
- Environmental Science(all)
- Nature and Landscape Conservation
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Area Development and Policy, Vol. 6, No. 3, 05.11.2020, p. 337-346.
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T1 - A magic formula for economic development?
T2 - Global market integration and spatial polarization in extractive industries
AU - Scholvin, Sören
AU - Breul, Moritz
AU - Diez, Javier Revilla
N1 - Funding Information: The field research carried out for this research note was financed by the German Research Foundation [project number 275355279].
PY - 2020/11/5
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