Scholvin, Soren and Breul, Moritz ORCID: 0000-0002-0322-0987 . An unexpected gateway: The particularities of Mauritius as a hub in oil and gas GPNs. Dev. South. Afr.. ABINGDON: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1470-3637

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Abstract

The periphery of the worldeconomy is integrated into global production networks (GPNs) by 'gateways'. These are intermediary places from where transnational corporations organise their business activities in close cooperation with corporate service providers. Gateways may also serve as logistics nodes as well assites of industrial processing and knowledge generation. While some claim that gatewaysare engines of growth, others argue that they prosper at the expense of peripheral places. The article applies these thoughts to Mauritius, oil and gas GPNs,and the gateway's impact upon sub-Saharan Africa. The analysis indicates that Mauritius holds a certain potential for logistics and corporate control. The island serves as a hub of service provision already today. Only its status as a tax havenhas a negative effect on resource peripheries. Against the backdrop of these findings, the authors discuss whether gateways should be seen as drivers or obstacles of peripheral development.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Scholvin, SorenUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Breul, MoritzUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-0322-0987UNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-337568
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2020.1749031
Journal or Publication Title: Dev. South. Afr.
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Place of Publication: ABINGDON
ISSN: 1470-3637
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS; REGIONAL-DEVELOPMENT; WORLD CITIES; HONG-KONG; CITY; GEOGRAPHIES; SERVICESMultiple languages
Development Studies; Regional & Urban PlanningMultiple languages
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/33756

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