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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Engineering Research</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Engineering Research</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Инженерные исследования</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8143</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-8151</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">35062</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8143-2023-24-1-57-75</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">DACIZE</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The impact of the mining industry on economic growth in the countries of the Southern African region</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Влияние горнодобывающей промышленности на экономический рост в регионе Южно-Африканских стран</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6030-6544</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Silima</surname><given-names>Pedro Pinto</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Силима</surname><given-names>Педру Пинту</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD student, Department of Innovation Management, Academy of Engineering</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант, департамент инновационного менеджмента в отраслях промышленности, Инженерная академия</p></bio><email>silima2507@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0015-8233</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nazarova</surname><given-names>Yuliya A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Назарова</surname><given-names>Юлия Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor of the Department of Innovation Management, Academy of Engineering</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат экономических наук, доцент департамента инновационного менеджмента в отраслях промышленности, Инженерная академия</p></bio><email>j.a.nazarova@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">RUDN University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-06-25" publication-format="electronic"><day>25</day><month>06</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>24</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 24, NO1 (2023)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 24, №1 (2023)</issue-title><fpage>57</fpage><lpage>75</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-06-26"><day>26</day><month>06</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Silima P.P., Nazarova Y.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Силима П.П., Назарова Ю.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Silima P.P., Nazarova Y.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Силима П.П., Назарова Ю.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/engineering-researches/article/view/35062">https://journals.rudn.ru/engineering-researches/article/view/35062</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The authors investigate the relationship between the mining industry and economic growth in South African countries. The countries in the Southern African region are rich in natural resources, and in most of them, their mining industry extracts and exports natural resources with little industrial processing. The empirical methodology involved the use of ordinary least squares and generalized method of moments. The results are based on a dataset of twelve countries in the Southern African region from 2011 to 2020. The direct and indirect impacts of the mining industry in Southern African countries on their economic growth are analyzed. The economic growth model used data on real growth in the mining industry, the share of exports of minerals in total exports, real growth of manufacturing, human capital development, population growth, mineral resource endowments, infrastructure development, real growth in services, trade volumes, and openness and growth of foreign direct investment. Findings showed that real growth in the service sector, manufacturing, mining, human capital development, infrastructure development, trade openness, and growth in foreign direct investment are important determinants of economic growth in economies of the Southern African region during the study period. The resource curse hypothesis has not been confirmed. Therefore, to improve economic growth, it is advisable for countries in the Southern African region to improve their government institutions and regulatory frameworks to attract investment in the strategic mining sector. The recommendations are made regarding the formation of state industrial policies.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Рассматривается взаимосвязь между горнодобывающей промышленностью и экономическим ростом в регионе Южно-Африканских стран, где горнодобывающая промышленность извлекает и экспортирует природные ресурсы невысокого уровня промышленной переработки. Применялись метод наименьших квадратов и обобщенный метод моментов. Эмпирические результаты основаны на данных из двенадцати стран Южно-Африканского региона за период 2011-2020 гг. Проанализировано прямое и косвенное влияние горнодобывающей промышленности в регионе Южно-Африканских стран на их экономический рост. В модели экономического роста использовались данные по реальному росту горнодобывающей промышленности, доле экспорта полезных ископаемых в общем объеме экспорта, реальному росту производства, развитию человеческого капитала, росту населения, запасам полезных ископаемых, развитию инфраструктуры, реальному росту объема оказываемых услуг, объемам торговли, а также открытости и росту прямых иностранных инвестиций. Результаты показали, что реальный рост производства, добычи полезных ископаемых, сферы услуг, а также развитие человеческого капитала, инфраструктуры, открытость торговли и рост прямых иностранных инвестиций являются факторами, определяющими экономический рост в регионе Южно-Африканских стран в период исследования. Гипотеза о ресурсном «проклятии» не подтвердилась. Сделан вывод, что в целях ускорения экономического роста странам Южно-Африканского региона целесообразно заниматься совершенствованием государственных институтов и нормативно-правовой базы для привлечения инвестиций в стратегический горнодобывающий сектор. Даны рекомендации по формированию государственной промышленной политики.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Southern African countries</kwd><kwd>natural resources</kwd><kwd>resource curse</kwd><kwd>Africa</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>страны Южной Африки</kwd><kwd>природные ресурсы</kwd><kwd>ресурсное «проклятие»</kwd><kwd>Африка</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Awolusi OD, Mbonigaba J, Tipoy CK. Mineral resources endowment and economic growth in Southern African countries. International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy. 2018;4(1):59-79. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJDIPE.2018.091418</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Mining markets in Southern Africa. Virginia Economic Development Partnership, Zurcom International; 2014.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>SADC Macroeconomic Statistics Bulletin. 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