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Title: | Resource-Based Sustainable Development: An Alternative Approach to Industrialisation in South Africa |
Authors: | Walker, Marian Jourdan, Paul |
Year: | 2004 |
Periodical: | Africanus |
Volume: | 34 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 64-90 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | industrial policy mining mineral exploration Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology Economics and Trade |
Abstract: | This article explores the possibility of a resource-based approach to industrialization in South Africa. While mineral endowments are generally regarded as a 'curse' for long-term growth, the experiences of highly industrialized economies such as Sweden, Finland and the United States suggest that promoting clusters of 'sidestream' and 'downstream' activities can assist in achieving national development goals in terms of economic diversification and increasing the well-being of the population. Given the high-tech nature of mining and minerals processing activities, such a sector offers numerous possibilities for catalyzing sustainable development and facilitating South Africa's gradual transition to a knowledge-based economy. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract] |