this exogenous variation, we show that during 2002-07, mining activities in response to the global commodity price …

explore how the mining industry has been managed, and wider economic management during boom periods. We find that successive … ringfence and prudently use the mineral revenues from copper mining in building productive capacities remains elusive. Instead …

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 …

with only modest success. This paper looks at what the country needs to do to create a mining fiscal regime that could … for mining within the tax agency, preferably headed by a commissioner, could help enhance productivity. …

Motivated by the fact that the taxation of natural resources is both crucial and particularly challenging for … conclude to the absence of such an eviction effect: we observe no effect of oil revenue on non-oil taxes through taxation …