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📌New paper
♻️ With #greentech in focus, #advancedeconomies look to secure #access to #criticalrawmaterials 🔎
What does this mean for the African continent?
Quick 🧵 based on our analysis (1/5)
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Poorva Karkare
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Poorva Karkare
@PoorvaKarkare
Development economist. Interest = politics of econ. transformation (in Africa) @SOAS, @ODI_Global Fellow, now @ECDPM @[email protected] RTs≠endorsements
Katılım Kasım 2013
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Poorva Karkare retweetledi
📣 The EU relies on imports of critical raw materials, but how can they be secured amid strained US relations and China’s supply chain dominance? The EU must align its resource security with Africa’s industrial ambitions.
Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4hZdkjm
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Poorva Karkare retweetledi
📝 NEW PAPER | Cross-border data flows in Africa: Continental ambitions and political realities
"To drive innovation and AI development, Africa must prioritise data usage and cross-border data sharing."
👉 bit.ly/3YbPIA4
#AfCFTA #development #AI
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@PhiriKitso @SheilaKhama Not any theory, but a general reading of economic history would point to this. E.g. have a listen at this podcast on industrial policy. They don't talk 'political economy' explicitly but it is basically what it comes down to open.spotify.com/episode/5e796s…
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@PoorvaKarkare @SheilaKhama Interesting taking. What theory are you hinging this argument on?
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Listen to @PoorvaKarkare explain the concept and context of the political economy and how intertwined it is to politics, commerce and policy and strategic choices. Click link for the full podcast interview share.transistor.fm/s/5a3aacc2 and visit sheilakhama.com/podcast/ for more
#rareearthselements
#mineralexplorations
#REEtrade
#resourcenationalism
@UNIDO
@ECDPM
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@PhiriKitso @SheilaKhama Thanks! I'd say political economy is as responsible for Africa's underdevelopment as it is for China's dvpt. Nothing inevitable about it though. We should study it to understand where & how incentives can be changed & distinguish where things need to be accepted for what they are
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@SheilaKhama @PoorvaKarkare I enjoyed this snippet a lot. I have to listen to the full podcast. Is the political economy of Africa directly responsible for its stagnation in terms of development?
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Was a pleasure speaking with @SheilaKhama about my research at @ECDPM! Policies (design + implementation) are shaped by interactions of the economic, political, social etc.
We link the conversation to broader debates of resource nationalism, industrial policy, China and more
Sheila Khama@SheilaKhama
Listen to @PoorvaKarkare explain the concept and context of the political economy and how intertwined it is to politics, commerce and policy and strategic choices. Click link for the full podcast interview share.transistor.fm/s/5a3aacc2 and visit sheilakhama.com/podcast/ for more #rareearthselements #mineralexplorations #REEtrade #resourcenationalism @UNIDO @ECDPM
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Poorva Karkare retweetledi
A fascinating few days in Embakasi last week with @AborneNetwork @UNDPBorderlands @IPSTCKenya & African(ist) scholars from across the continent @ECDPM- all looking at issues around borders: from trade to movement security cultural exchange & border festivals Some takeaways: 1/8
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Poorva Karkare retweetledi
🎤Our latest podcast discusses the investor landscape in #Africa under the AfCFTA, drawing from the @wef @AfCFTA 📙'AfCFTA: A New Era for Global Business and Investment in Africa.'
Special thanks to our guests @BruceByiers + @_Prachi_Agarwal
Listen : developmentdispatch.com/the-afcfta-pod…
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Interesting debate about what the EU seeks from critical raw materials (CRM) partnerships, what mineral-rich countries want as development, and where multilateralism fits in it all.
We share our thoughts in this short article. But in sum CRM = Complex, Rivalrous & Multilayered!
ECDPM 🔎 🌍@ECDPM
📝As wealthier governments aim to increase access to critical raw materials, resource-rich countries seek ways to maximise their benefits. In theory, these countries have complementary interests, but practically, the balance is harder to find. 👉 bit.ly/3WeLgAG
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Poorva Karkare retweetledi
It was definitely a pleasure to discuss with @PoorvaKarkare on the geopolitics of critical minerals in Africa.
Hoping that we're helping to move the needle in the right direction for producing countries in Africa.
PubAffairs EU Debates, News & Opinions 🇪🇺@PubAffairsEU
[Podcast] #Energy & #GlobalEurope: #CriticalRawMaterials - Geopolitical chess or tug-of-war for development? By @PoorvaKarkare, @christiangeraud and Jonathan Hunter | @ECDPM pubaffairsbruxelles.eu/podcast/critic…
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Tomorrow June 26 at 13h00 we will discuss the prospects for an African battery value chain at the @wto #Aid4Trade #GlobalReview with Jean-Marie Kanda Ntumba, Dennis Wakaba, @IanMwiinga82, Anja Berretta and myself. Join us if you are around!
@ECDPM @KAS
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Industrialisation via manufacturing is backbreaking. Today countries in lower rung of global value chains face pressure. Countries need smart choices in constrained environment supporting land, capital, energy & LABOUR! to attract business
@oliverwkim/note/p-144065704?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=17f05s" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@oliverwkim/no…
by @oliverwkim
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Poorva Karkare retweetledi
📆 Event | June 25 📆
Resource nationalism, trade and CRM partnerships in the age of green industrialisation
Register in person or online 👉 bit.ly/45s1HfS
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Great listen
Please also join us on June 25 at 11:00-12:30 to discuss 'where to from here' of so-called resource nationalism in Global South, multilateral rules, and EU CRM partnerships in this age of green industrialisation!
Register here: shorturl.at/HG6ar
Sheila Khama@SheilaKhama
Listen to @FattenAggad say that on critical minerals, the EU is first, second and third about Europe’s interests. Click link for the full podcast interview share.transistor.fm/s/f647eec5 and visit sheilakhama.com/podcast/ for more #criticalminerals #climatechangegeopolitics #rawmaterialstrade
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If African countries can
1) draw the right lessons (human capital is imp. but built over time)
2) practice discipline (requires leadership, @JonathanSaid1 often argues)
3) navigate multiple interests to maintain consistency (longer time horizon)
dvpt there too can be unleashed
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What really unleashed dvpt in S Korea was
1) land reforms (↗️ agri productivity)
2) industrial policy (export discipline for ↗️competitiveness) &
3) finance (into productive activities)
Joe Studwell's 'How Asia works' is excellent. See this review astralcodexten.com/p/book-review-…
Ken Opalo@kopalo
This is a common misperception. 60 years ago Nigeria and South Korea (or Africa & East Asia) were not at the same level of development. Not in levels of state capacity, human capital development, and certainly not in levels of agricultural & industrial technological capacity.
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@CramerChristoph Hello, thanks for this. Is it only in-person or is online participation also possible? Many thanks
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Come along! @Unionroasted @estariade @FairtradeUK @coffeehistoryJM @jimseven soas.ac.uk/about/event/co…
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June 18th at @SOAS, @SOAS_DLD will tackle the latest big issue in the troubled global coffee business - the EU Deforestation Regulation. We have a brilliant line-up to discuss the implications of the EUDR: @TheCaffeineKid, @KeaneJodie, and Aaron Davis from @kewgardens.
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@RadleyBen Precisely, *even if* they were to make a cartel (not straightforward), market mechanisms matter - price but also who they will sell their product to (e.g. IDN's been having trouble getting its nickel up for IRA subsidies). There's many different things that need to be coordinated
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@PoorvaKarkare This all makes sense. On % of deposits/production, Congo & Indonesia seem in a v strong position with cobalt, making the case for a cartel? Price has been so volatile, but then use of cobalt in green tech seems to be dwindling.
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1/3 While a handful countries are engaged in a subsidy race in the name of supply chain security, critical raw materials producers are resorting to 'resource nationalism' as they want localisation.
I discuss this and more in a recent @ECDPM paper
📷 bit.ly/44xjbaw
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@RadleyBen For battery VC, DRC needs to
1. develop cobalt VC
2. get several other refined battery minerals
3. produce mid-stream battery components AND
4. downstream battery packaging
all of which is capital-, energy-, & technology-intensive.
Indeed a tall order ecdpm.org/work/green-ind…
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Recently back from a workshop in China, which was an eye-opener. DR Congo's push to develop electric battery manufacturing capacity is too little too late. Rather than running while others walk, as Nyerere once said on Africa's industrialisation, Congo's walking while others run.
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@ir_ramdoo @maritkitaw Agree that these resources belong to the state and countries have an imperative for job creation/value addition. The term is indeed deployed in different ways, while it is not much different than industrial policy as I argue in a paper I recently wrote ecdpm.org/work/resource-…
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@maritkitaw Yes you are right. For other sectors like agriculture, it is OK for countries to sell them domestically for food security or sovereignty. Why would it be different for minerals? Value addition is an imperative for jobs, revenues etc. Countries should not have to justify that
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Resource nationalism is an oxymoron. Extractive resources are sub soil assets, and belong to the state who is the custodian on behalf of the nation. This term is a ‘grabbers’ vocabulary. It should be banned
ResourceNationalism in SouthernAfrica 🇹🇿🇿🇲🇿🇼@RnSadc
Our Principal Investigator, Richard Saunders, introducing the project
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Great post- private sector dvpt is more than simply enabling microentrepreneurs, just as women’s empowerment is more than celebrating those who’re entrepreneurs out of necessity/lack of choice
Filling gaps in subnational service delivery can go a long way in going the extra mile
Ken Opalo@kopalo
The field of international development needs a sharper focus on helping private firms in low-income countries flourish: Two unsolicited ideas on how to invest some of Melinda French Gates’ $12.5 billion africanistperspective.com/p/two-unsolici…
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