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"The widespread presence of local conflict characterizes many developing countries such as Indonesia. Outbreaks of violent conflict not only have direct costs for lives, livelihoods, and material property, but may also have the potential to escalate further. Recent studies on large-scale...
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Major intrastate conflicts, such as civil wars, and the resulting set-backs for economic and political development, have received increasing research attention in recent years. A growing literature has sought to investigate conditions that affect the probability of countries experiencing...
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This report examines youth in post-conflict Burundi. The research responds to the nascent but growing body of knowledge on conflict, young men and gender. War and violence have devastated societies and economies throughout Africa with young men being the main perpetrators of this violence. This...
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The Zambia Mining Investment and Governance Review (MInGov) collects and shares information on mining sector governance … bottlenecks; According to investors, a number of areas are constraining mining investment and returns; The three key stakeholder … mining investment and governance indicators for Zambia that are current as of October 2015 …
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investment. The Africa Union's African Mining Vision 2050 outlines a new resource-based industrialization and development … governments are also increasingly looking for ways to maximize benefits derived from investment in mining. This report aims to …Regional organizations and national governments are increasingly focusing on enhancing the benefits from mining sector …
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). This report explores the potential contribution that the copper mining industry could make to jobs and prosperity in Zambia …, and the performance of the economy has followed the fortunes of copper mining closely. This report investigates the role … copper mining could play in achieving the government's objectives of increasing economic growth and jobs in the future …
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In Nigeria, up to now mining activities have systematically escaped environmental control. In 1989, the Government of … directives in mining development included mandatory preventive environmental impact assessment (EIA), minimization of … environmental damages and risks, prescription of regulation and standards specific for mining wastes, and promotion of legal small …
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The West African Mineral Sector Strategic Assessment (WAMSSA) is a strategic environmental and social assessment intended to identify policy, institutional, and regulatory adjustments required to integrate environmental and social considerations into mineral sector development in Africa. The...
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