Browsing by Author "Fessehaie, Judith"

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    Development and Knowledge Intensification in Industries Upstream of Zambia's Copper Mining Sector
    (2011) Fessehaie, Judith
    This research, part of the Making the Most of Commodities Programme, focuses on development and knowledge intensification in industries upstream of Zambia’s copper mining sector. It explores the hypothesis that localisation and deepening of upstream linkages are driven by six factors: ownership, sectoral policies, the National System of Innovation, skills’ spillovers, regional capabilities and infrastructure. In particular, the role of ownership in shaping value chain governance and in promoting industrialisation and knowledge-intensification of local industries is analysed in detail. Zambia represents an interesting case-study, with the recent, sizeable entry of China and India in its mining value chain. As China’s investment in Africa attracts increasing interest from academia and Governments, this research on the effect of China’s entry into Zambia’s copper mining industry on the localisation of upstream linkages contributes to this debate from an evidence-based position. The report discusses comprehensively the policy implications of the empirical findings. The report is based on field research undertaken in the Copperbelt, North-Western Province and Lusaka in 2009.
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    The dynamics of Zambia's copper value chain
    (2012) Fessehaie, Judith; Morris, Mike
    The past two decades witnessed the emergence of China and India as major investors in African extractive industries. This, together with the commodity price boom, raises new questions on Africa's industrialisation prospects. This thesis investigates the dynamics of industries upstream of a mineral sector, in light of changing investment ownership patterns. My aim is to examine whether the new value chain drivers, China and India, are characterised by distinctive value chain governance patterns and whether this impact on the opportunities and constraints for the localisation and development of a mining supply industry. I also analyse the socio-economic context in which these dynamics are embedded to identify historical trajectories and institutional determinants. Zambia represents an appropriate case-study given the central role of the copper sector in the country's economy and the heterogeneity of the copper industry ownership structure. My findings are based on 77 interviews with European, Canadian, Chinese and South African mining companies, local supply firms, and private and public sector representatives. In addition, archive material was instrumental in contextualising my research questions within post-structural adjustment programme trajectories in the Copperbelt. I adopt a theoretical framework based on the Global Value Chain approach. Additionally, I draw extensively on the international business literature.