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The political economy of financing childrenś rights through extractive industries in the Philippines

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The surging investments in the extractive industries (EI) that began in the 1980s, as well as the commodity boom between 2002 and 2011, have increased the significance of the sector in national economic development. This paper takes the Philippines as a case study and provides a detailed...

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Extractive industries, revenue allocation and local politics

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The success of a developmental strategy based on the extraction of non-renewable resources is largely dependent on the share of revenues captured by the state from the extractive sector and the modalities that governments adopt to use and distribute those revenues. In the last two decades, local...

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Unraveling the network of the extractive industries

Balza, Lenin H.; Rios Rueda, Camilo de los; Guerra, Alfredo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2021

This paper analyzes extractive industries in Colombia and their connections to other economic activities in the country. We use detailed social security data on all formal employees to create an industry-relatedness measure using labor flows between industries. Drawing on the vast network...

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Profit sharing under the threat of nationalization

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A government bargains a mutually convenient agreement with a multinational corporation to extract a natural resource. The corporation bears the initial investment and earns as a return a share on the profits. The host country provides access and guarantee conditions of operation. Being the...

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Seemingly irrelevant factors and willingness to block polluting investments

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Using an online multi-country video-vignette survey experiment, we measure bias against extractive industries and foreign firms in individuals perceptions and preferences related to industrial projects with potential economic benefits and environmental costs. Individuals face a hypothetical...

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Driving change in the Democratic Republic of Congo : an initial mapping of participation in mineral regulation and responsible sourcing

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Digging deep : resource exploitation and higher education

Balza, Lenin H.; Rios Rueda, Camilo de los; Rivera, … - 2022

Do resource-extraction booms crowd out postsecondary education? We explore this question by examining the higher education-related decisions of Chilean high school graduates during the 2000s commodities boom. We find mineral extraction increases a person's likelihood of enrolling in...

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