Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Namibia, Sierra Leone, and South Africa, as well as the Russian … the long term without changing the investment behaviour of the mining companies and the long-term viability of the … by the World Bank to calculate mineral rents for mining industries other than the diamond industry. Rent calculated as …

this exogenous variation, we show that during 2002-07, mining activities in response to the global commodity price … China's WTO Accession): it is not enough to assume, given Africa's high spatial inequality, that local economies will …

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 …

Companies in the oil, gas, and mining sectors face ever intensifying scrutiny over their environmental, social, and …

the current and future development of mining. Focusing on Tanzania as typical of the emerging "new mineralizing Africa …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 …

A large mining project has the potential to be a partner in assisting local communities in their development efforts … and also contains model mining act provisions and regulations. …

This paper, using a new set of social development indices, explores the measurement of social development across Africa … minorities. This paper presents how the database can be used to compare the Africa region to global patterns, analyse divergence … across the continent, and explore the implications for our understanding of inclusive growth in Africa. …