The BRICS' impacts on local economic development in the Global South: the cases of a tourism town and two mining provinces in Zambia. Issue 2 (3rd August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kragelund, Peter; Carmody, Pádraig
• Is Part Of: Area development and policy. Volume 1:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 218
• Page End: 237
• Publication Date: 2016-08-03
• Subjects: BRICS -- Africa -- Zambia -- Mining -- Tourism -- Foreign direct investment; БРИКС -- Африка -- Замбия -- горнодобывающая промышленность -- туризм -- прямые иностранные инвестиции; BRICS -- África -- Zambia -- minería -- turismo -- inversión directa extranjera; 金砖国家 -- 非洲 -- 赞比亚 -- 矿业 -- 旅游业 -- 外国直接投资; Regional planning -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Human geography -- BRIC countries -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Economic development -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Rural-urban relations -- Periodicals; Human geography -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; 338.90091724
• DOI: 10.1080/23792949.2016.1188665
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2379-2949

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Research on how emerging economies affect other areas of the Global South has flourished in the past decade, and it is now well established that this impact occurs through a variety of channels, but knowledge of local developmental effects is scant. This article seeks to open up this black box by scrutinizing the effects of investments by the BRICS in a tourism town and two mining areas in Zambia. Recently, investments by the BRICS have been heralded as a key driver of structural transformation in the rest of the Global South; however, the lack of linkages and spillovers from BRICS actors to the local economy, in the Zambian case at least, leads instead to continued technological and economic dependence and consequent economic narrowing.