Local Content Policies in Resource-rich Countries

• Main Authors: Kalyuzhnova, Yelena (Author), Nygaard, Christian A. (Author), Omarov, Yerengaip (Author), Saparbayev, Abdizhapar (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Euro-Asian Studies
• Subjects: Economics.; Management science.; Economic policy.; Economics, general.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.; Economic Policy.

This book analyses the role of local content (LC) policy in the economic development of five resource-rich countries: Brazil, Kazakhstan, Norway, Russia and the UK. The authors situate LC policy within a framework of sustainability in the form of industrial diversification and innovation-led growth,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1. Local Content: Concepts, Perspectives and Economy
• 2. Different Models of Local Content Implementation in the Oil and Gas Industry
• 3. Determinants of Local Content Policies and Drivers
• Conclusion.