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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 139-152 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Development Southern Africa |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Apr 2021 |
Abstract
The periphery of the world economy is integrated into global production networks (GPNs) by ‘gateways’. These are intermediary places from where transnational corporations organise their business activities in close cooperation with corporate service providers. Gateways may also serve as logistics nodes as well as sites of industrial processing and knowledge generation. While some claim that gateways are engines of growth, others argue that they prosper at the expense of peripheral places. The article applies these thoughts to Mauritius, oil and gas GPNs, and the gateway's impact upon sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis indicates that Mauritius holds a certain potential for logistics and corporate control. The island serves as a hub of service provision already today. Only its status as a tax haven has a negative effect on resource peripheries. Against the backdrop of these findings, the authors discuss whether gateways should be seen as drivers or obstacles of peripheral development.
Keywords
- Financial offshoring, gateway, global production network, Mauritius, oil and gas
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Social Sciences(all)
- Development
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In: Development Southern Africa, Vol. 38, No. 1, 08.04.2021, p. 139-152.
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T1 - An unexpected gateway
T2 - The particularities of Mauritius as a hub in oil and gas GPNs
AU - Scholvin, Sören
AU - Breul, Moritz
N1 - Funding Information: A first draft of this article was presented at a conference held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in October 2017. The authors are grateful for the financial support that the Volkswagen Foundation provided to make this event possible. Comments by Anthony Black, Javier Diez and Ivan Turok were helpful to further develop the paper.
PY - 2021/4/8
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N2 - The periphery of the world economy is integrated into global production networks (GPNs) by ‘gateways’. These are intermediary places from where transnational corporations organise their business activities in close cooperation with corporate service providers. Gateways may also serve as logistics nodes as well as sites of industrial processing and knowledge generation. While some claim that gateways are engines of growth, others argue that they prosper at the expense of peripheral places. The article applies these thoughts to Mauritius, oil and gas GPNs, and the gateway's impact upon sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis indicates that Mauritius holds a certain potential for logistics and corporate control. The island serves as a hub of service provision already today. Only its status as a tax haven has a negative effect on resource peripheries. Against the backdrop of these findings, the authors discuss whether gateways should be seen as drivers or obstacles of peripheral development.
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