Thesis (M.Com. (Development Theory and Policy))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, School of Economic and Business Sciences, 2014. / Mozambique is currently moving from an aid dependent country to mineral dependent given the
mining boom happening there thanks to the discoveries of huge reserves of coal, mineral sands
and natural gas. The country is set to become one of the world's twenty top producers of natural
gas and top ten largest producers of coal.
This research is a case study focusing on coal-based linkages that can foster broad economic
growth and development in Mozambique. Using a political economy perspective, the research
investigates the question about how the country can optimise the mining boom through coalbased
economic linkages to foster broader socio-economic development.
The research finds that under the combination of its current fiscal and mineral regime with
infrastructure problems plus the inexistence of a coal-based linkage policy, Mozambique will get
negligible benefit from the exploitation of its finite coal resources. A major overhaul of these
regimes is needed for it to make use of its coal to catalyse wider growth and development, before
it is left with little other than large holes in the ground.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/16813 |
| Date | 29 January 2015 |
| Creators | Selemane, Tomás Mário |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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