1. What Matters When it Comes to Adopting Local Content? A Comparative Analysis of Success Factors in Africa and Latin America
- Author:
- Elijah Dickens Mushemeza, John Okiira, Marcela Morales, and Juan Jose Herrera
- Publication Date:
- 04-2017
- Content Type:
- Research Paper
- Institution:
- Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE)
- Abstract:
- Local content is a development strategy aimed at increasing the benefits from the oil and gas sector and translate them to other sectors of the economy. While this strategy has been widely adopted in Africa and Latin America there is little we know beyond specific country cases and the reasons why local content strategies have or have not been successful in these cases. Mapping these factors is challenging since every country exists under particular conditions and these factors might function differently depending on the context. In this paper we attempt to identify some common factors by comparing the experiences of countries that have achieved successful local content outcomes. To do so we looked at the experiences of 7 Latin American and 7 African countries in order to analyse the factors present across all these cases and that can help explaining the achievement of positive local content outcomes. We argue that using a comparative strategy makes it possible to identify conditions that are present across cases that are very different from one another in many important respects, but that have all managed to achieve success in the implementation of local content frameworks. Since these common factors exist in such different contexts and yet lead to similar outcomes, we have some confidence that we can make policy recommendations for other countries and regions based on the findings of our analysis.
- Topic:
- Development, Oil, Gas, and Economy
- Political Geography:
- Uganda, Africa, and Latin America