similar policies can be devised for such other primary activities as mining as was done for diamond processing in botswana such efforts are likely to be more successful if they are combined with the development of local production clusters based on natural resources and the development of engineering capabilities for domestic production ramos the garment industry for example is typically labourintensive whereas the industry that produces textiles yarns and accessories is increasingly capitalintensive with large economies of scale and scope this makes the development of backward linkages in textiles for the garments sector much more difficult in most ldcs adhikari and yamamoto