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Linkage Dynamics and Natural Resources: Diversification and Catch-Up

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There is very broad consensus to the effect that resource-rich countries cannot rely on natural resource products and exports for development. The structural change that underpins development requires economic diversification such that ever-larger shares of labor are located in higher value-added activities in manufacturing and services. What is far more contentious is whether resource-based products provide a base from which higher value-added activities can develop, and if so, what policies are likely to be most effective in this regard.

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  1. Technology and Innovation Report Series, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Geneva, Switzerland

    Padmashree Gehl Sampath (Chief) (Chief)

  2. Monitoring and Research Division, UN-HABITAT, Kenya

    Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka (Director, Professorial Fellow in Innovation and Development, Visiting Professor of Innovation and Development) (Director, Professorial Fellow in Innovation and Development, Visiting Professor of Innovation and Development)

  3. United Nations University, MERIT, The Netherlands

    Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka (Director, Professorial Fellow in Innovation and Development, Visiting Professor of Innovation and Development) (Director, Professorial Fellow in Innovation and Development, Visiting Professor of Innovation and Development)

  4. Open University, UK

    Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka (Director, Professorial Fellow in Innovation and Development, Visiting Professor of Innovation and Development) (Director, Professorial Fellow in Innovation and Development, Visiting Professor of Innovation and Development)

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Kaplan, D. (2016). Linkage Dynamics and Natural Resources: Diversification and Catch-Up. In: Sampath, P.G., Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, B. (eds) Sustainable Industrialization in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-56112-1_4

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