Publication
Title
Struggles over value : corporate–state suppression of locally led mining mechanisation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Author
Abstract
The analytical framework deployed by the extensive global value chain (GVC) literature on African mining fails to consider how and from whom value is transferred within the process of establishing foreign corporate-led mining GVCs, and with what consequences. The authors explore these questions through a case study of the gold value chain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In this context, they argue that a coalition between transnational capital and the Congolese state has marginalised and held back locally led processes of capital accumulation and mining mechanisation. Based on the findings, the developmental potential of domestically embedded networks of African production is highlighted.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Review of African political economy. - London, 1974, currens
Publication
London : Carfax , 2021
ISSN
0305-6244 [print]
1740-1720 [online]
DOI
10.1080/03056244.2020.1865902
Volume/pages
p. 1-17
ISI
000614477200001
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UAntwerpen
Faculty/Department
Research group
Project info
InforMining? An in-depth study of informalization processes in global gold production.
Publication type
Subject
Law 
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 04.02.2021
Last edited 29.11.2024
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