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Companies in the oil, gas, and mining sectors face ever intensifying scrutiny over their environmental, social, and …
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This paper analyses the risks facing resource-dependent countries. These include: (i) economic mismanagement (the 'resource curse'); (ii) political mismanagement; (iii) environmental damage (climate change and the destruction of natural capital). It distinguishes 'risk' (which can be addressed...
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providing evidence of a resource curse. Extractive industries in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia have positive direct …
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providing evidence of a resource curse. Extractive industries in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia have positive direct …
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mining operations to contribute to sustainable development in Africa’s mining jurisdictions …This piece explores the strain in African mining as at 2011 caused by the latest bout of “resource nationalism” whereby … many countries sought to reverse the liberal mining regimes the World Bank and mining companies pressured cash …
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paradigm on mining for development suggests that mineral-rich developing countries need to formulate a fiscal policy that can … of mining companies in poor remote communities is sufficient to initiate development. In this discussion, it is suggested … that the fiscal policy should take into account the state of governance where mining is being conducted, the extent of …
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