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by the World Bank to calculate mineral rents for mining industries other than the diamond industry. Rent calculated as …The focus of this study is rent in the diamond industry. Based on extensive datasets and a discussion of all relevant … costs, we present resource rent statistics from the diamond industry in key producer countries in emerging economies such as …
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Campaign efforts by NGOs initially put conflict diamonds on the global radar screen in the late 1990s. In response, the Kimberley Process (KP), a negotiation forum between states, NGOs, and industry, was formed to discuss possible solutions to curb the trade in conflict diamonds. Less than three...
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There was nothing preordained about arbitration becoming shorthand for investor-state dispute settlement. The ICSID system was built on the assumption that disputing parties would choose conciliation to settle their disputes. Those expectations went unrealized as arbitration rose to prominence,...
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of physical diamonds and diamond indices. Our analysis indicates superior performance by precious metals compared to … diamonds. However, investors enjoy greater benefit from directly investing in physical diamonds rather than diamond indices … option. Investors should continue to keep abreast of developments with the evolution of the diamond investments industry and …
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The text of this paper served as the introductory presentation for my PhD defence, held on December 2015. In it, I explain what I tried to do with the dissertation, the methods I used, and the larger project I hope it is initiating. Specifically, I suggest there is a need for accumulation...
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opportunities for diamond processing countries such as Armenia. Building productive capacity through skills development and … technological progress is of central importance to achieving sustainable growth in diamond manufacturing countries. Secondary … diamond industries are successful where economic and social conditions are optimal and supportive. To develop or maintain a …
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Despite many legal rulings to clarify the WTO inconsistency of zeroing practices, in practically all aspects of antidumping proceedings, the United States declined to categorically rectify the illegal antidumping duties based on zeroing calculation methods. This dispute is merely example of a...
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