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- Developing Industrial Policy And Leveraging Clustering
Developing Industrial Policy And Leveraging Clustering
At a Glance
- Industrial policy can help foster clusters of businesses that have synergies with extractive industries, related sectors, and technological institutes.
- Industrial clusters are known to foster innovation, knowledge dissemination, best practices, and increased competitiveness while reducing transaction costs.
- Clusters can also be encouraged through the use of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) section).
Case Studies
- Finland as a Knowledge Economy: Elements of Success and Lessons Learned (Carl J. Dahlman, Jorma Routti, Pekka Yla-Anttila)
- Minerals Cluster Policy Study in Africa: Pilot Studies of South Africa and Mozambique (Economic Commission for Africa)
Key Resources
- Extractive Industries: Optimizing Value Retention in Host Countries (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
- Extracting with Purpose: Creating Shared Value in the Oil and Gas and Mining Sectors (Shared Value Solutions)
Topic Briefing
Creating horizontal linkages may involve creating a conducive environment for public– private partnerships among economic research organizations, industry federations, and companies to develop initiatives for transferring capabilities from one sector to another.