http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/40732 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:02:33 GMT 2013-06-20T08:02:33Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51393 Title: Understanding remittances in Ghana : analysing poverty reducing effect of international remittances Authors: Baah-Boateng, William; Akyeampong, Emmanuel Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51393 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51392 Title: Migration, diaspora and development in West Africa Authors: Akyeampong, Emmanuel Description: Meeting: IDRC Conference on International Remittances, Poverty and Inequality: The West African Case, Abidjan, December 18-19, 2012 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51392 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51391 Title: Remittances, consumption and investment in Nsawam, Southern Ghana Authors: Akyeampong, Emmanuel Description: Meeting: IDRC Workshop on International Remittances, Poverty and Inequality: The West African Case, Abidjan, July 2-3, 2012 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51391 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51390 Title: Backward linkages in the manufacturing sector in the oil and gas value chain in Angola Authors: Teka, Zeferino Abstract: This study looks at backward linkages to the manufacturing sector in the oil and gas value chain in Angola as a potential driver of industrial development. The study employs a sub-sectoral approach rather than an aggregate (entire industry) approach in order to better capture opportunities and challenges at micro or firm level. The sub-sectoral approach is based on primary empirical research and complemented with secondary research. The primary research employed semi-structured interviews and scale questionnaires, and secondary research was based on a desk-study of the Angolan oil and gas industry through databases of specialist oil and gas research agencies. The study finds limited local content in the localised manufacturing function. On the one hand, there is high volume of local content in terms of human capital at basic and semi-skilled levels driven by local content policy. On the other hand, there is limited local content in human capital at higher technical level. In addition, the study finds no material inputs (processed intermediate materials) from the local economy into the manufacturing function. This is due to weak local capability i.e. poor metallurgical sector and scarcity of skilled labour. This situation is compounded by an incoherent local content policy which is skewed toward forward linkages, and a disjuncture between the local content policy and the national industrialisation policy. Description: Also available at: http://commodities.open.ac.uk/discussionpapers Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51390 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51389 Title: Tropical timber industry in Gabon : a forward linkages approach to industrialisation Authors: Terheggen, Anne Abstract: The breadth and depth of forward linkages in the tropical timber industry of Gabon is a result of three inter-acting drivers: the nature of final markets, ownership of production, and sector-specific policy. The Forestry Code set explicit domestic processing targets built on the trajectory of French processors. Still, while this is theoretically in line with European market demands for wood products, the forced beneficiation resulted in Chinese, Malaysian, and Gabonese producers, whose prime activity is the exploitation of logs for processing industries in China, to limit their participation in forward linkages to the sawnwood sub-sector, characterised by low entry barriers and negative producer margins. Gabon's comparative advantage lies in the exploitation of its natural resource tropical timber for export markets. Logging is also a 'superior' technology allowing the appropriation of resource rents. These are largely diluted in processing due to production cost penalties such as high reservation wages, inadequate infrastructure, lack of skills, and the political economy of Gabon. The conflict between the envisaged forward linkages approach to industrialisation (in light of falling oil reserves), industry actors' market focuses, motivations, and capabilities, as well as conclusions drawn about comparative advantages and linkage-blockages, has significant consequences for industrial development. Description: Also available at: http://commodities.open.ac.uk/discussionpapers Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:80/dspace/handle/10625/51389 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z