Despite a sizeable literature, there is no consensus as to whether and how mineral resources are linked to conflict. In … this paper, we estimate the relationship between giant mineral deposit discoveries and the intensity of armed conflict … with respect to mineral commodity type: metals with a low value-to-weight ratio are not easy to exploit and smuggle and …

Robust forecasting of mining sector revenues is key to effective budgeting (and broader fiscal management) in many … maintained by revenue authorities. In contrast, commercial mining entities typically have well-developed tools for analysing …

Zambia has changed its mineral tax regime repeatedly during the past decades in a bid to raise mineral revenue, but … with only modest success. This paper looks at what the country needs to do to create a mining fiscal regime that could … agency (the Zambia Revenue Authority) for analysing mineral tax and related policies, including issues of domiciliation …

The first objective of this paper is to update earlier assessments of mineral dependence in lower-income countries. In … 2018, the mining of metals and coal continued to be an important contributor to the economies of several low- and middle …-income countries. As in our previous calculations of the Mining Contribution Index, African countries in particular benefit from this …

The taxation of the mining industry varies considerably from nation to nation. This paper reflects on the evolving use … of various taxation approaches applied by governments to the mining sector. It includes a description of the principal … tax types and investment tax incentives and briefly describes the main policy issues pertaining to mineral sector taxation …

This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The … identification strategy is based on a unilateral causation between mining and district inequality. The findings show that when … minerals are aggregated, mining increases district inequality. But an analysis of individual minerals shows that mining affects …

Over the last fifteen years many African countries have experienced a "mining take-off". Mining activities have …-scale, labour-intensive artisanal mining, which, at present, is catalyzing far greater immediate primary, secondary and tertiary … employment opportunities for unskilled African labourers. Youth residing in mining settlements, have a large vested interest in …