A Practical Guide to Increasing Mining Local Procurement in West Africa

This document provides information, guidance and tools to support decision-making, planning and implementation of mining local procurement in West Africa, in particular at a country level. It can be used by individual role players as well as form t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: World Bank Group, Kaiser Economic Development Partners
Format: Mining/Oil and Gas
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
CPI
R&D
WWW
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/23980553/practical-guide-increasing-mining-local-procurement-west-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21489
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Summary:This document provides information, guidance and tools to support decision-making, planning and implementation of mining local procurement in West Africa, in particular at a country level. It can be used by individual role players as well as form the basis of consultative processes. The guide can also support regional harmonization relating to mining local procurement. This 2015 version of the Practical Guide to Mining Local Procurement in West Africa addresses questions that are commonly asked by governments, companies, and citizens in the region. How do we define and measure local procurement? Do we create a specific policy or legislation to encourage mining companies to buy more locally? If so, what do these look like, and what has led to successful outcomes in other countries? Do we pick winner productive sectors? How do we best support suppliers to develop the right capacities and standards to meet mine requirements? What institutional framework and which actors need to be involved to deliver? Rather than laying the main responsibility for increasing domestic sourcing on the mining sector, this Guide aims at promoting a multi-stakeholder approach, in which all actors have clear roles and responsibilities. This guide has been organised into eight modules that each address a set of related questions that have been consistently raised by role players.