Local Content Policies in Resource-rich Countries

Yelena Kalyuzhnova is Founder and Director of the Centre for Euro-Asian Studies, and is currently serving as Vice Dean of Henley Business School at the University of Reading, UK.Christian A. Nygaard is an Associate Professor in Social Economics and Director for the International Centre for Housing and Urban Economics at the University of Reading, UK.Yerengaip Omarov is Rector of Kainar University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, and an academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Russia.Abdizhapar Saparbayev is Head of Economics at Kainar University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

• Introduction.- 1. Local Content: Concepts, Perspectives and Economy.- 2. Different Models of Local Content Implementation in the Oil and Gas Industry.- 3. Determinants of Local Content Policies and Drivers.- Conclusion.