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The role of MNCs as a channel of the resource ‘curse’ : insights from gas-rich Mozambique
Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/74837 The role of MNCs as a channel of the resource ‘curse’ : insights from gas-rich Mozambique Matthee, Marianne ichelp@gibs.co.za Rantao, Khetha-Okuhle UCTD Oil and gas multinational corporations Developing economies Resource curse MNC Mozambique Mini Dissertation (MPhil)--University of Pretoria, 2019. The resource ‘curse’ is premised on an inverse relationship between mineral wealth and economic growth. The declamation pertaining to the reasons for, and exceptions to, the resource ‘curse’ remains inconclusive. MNCs are cited amongst the reasons for the resource ‘curse’, particularly in developing economies. However, Africa (and the role of MNCs) remains underrepresented in resource ‘curse’ literature. In light of this, the study’s aim is to determine how MNCs in Mozambique’s gas sector could be considered a causal channel of the resource ‘curse’, as the contest for relatively untapped natural gas reserves in Mozambique is intensifying. An exploratory case study is provided, where Phase I consisted of 11 qualitative interviews with 14 oil and gas experts while Phase II analysed secondary data in the form of public documents and audio-visual materials, intended to supplement and verify the interview data. The results reveal that MNCs (i) promote and prioritize their CSR initiatives to mask their inability (or unwillingness) to adhere to local content directives and (ii) leverage the diplomatic relationships of their home country government to supersede the host country’s sovereignty. Moreover, the Mozambican government’s cultural practices exacerbated the prospects of a resource ‘curse’ outcome. The study concludes that the MNC, in the case of Africa, in particular Mozambique and Angola, is indeed a channel of the resource ‘curse’. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MPhil (International Business) Unrestricted 2020-06-02T16:40:05Z 2020-06-02T16:40:05Z 2020 2019 Mini Dissertation Rantao, K 2019, The role of MNCs as a channel of the resource ‘curse’ : insights from gas-rich Mozambique, MPhil (International Business) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74837> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74837 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Oil and gas multinational corporations Developing economies Resource curse MNC Mozambique The role of MNCs as a channel of the resource ‘curse’ : insights from gas-rich Mozambique |
| title | The role of MNCs as a channel of the resource ‘curse’ : insights from gas-rich Mozambique |
| title_full | The role of MNCs as a channel of the resource ‘curse’ : insights from gas-rich Mozambique |
| title_fullStr | The role of MNCs as a channel of the resource ‘curse’ : insights from gas-rich Mozambique |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of MNCs as a channel of the resource ‘curse’ : insights from gas-rich Mozambique |
| title_short | The role of MNCs as a channel of the resource ‘curse’ : insights from gas-rich Mozambique |
| title_sort | role of mncs as a channel of the resource curse insights from gas rich mozambique |
| topic | UCTD Oil and gas multinational corporations Developing economies Resource curse MNC Mozambique |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74837 |