This study examines the effects of mining productivity shocks on the formal-informal duality in manufacturing and … services. Using firm census data from 2014 for Ghana, we measure the rates of informality along extensive (unregistered firms … informality along both margins across sectors following mining shocks are heterogeneous. We also find that the lack of duality …

This paper examines irregular South-South migration from China to Ghana, and the role it has played in transforming … migrants into the small-scale gold mining sector. They were mainly from Shanglin County, an area of alluvial gold mining. In … Ghana, they formed mutually beneficial relationships with local miners, both legal and illegal, introducing machinery that …

' exposure to mining pollution using data obtained on gold mining in Ghana. The empirical results confirm that, after controlling …To attract greater levels of foreign direct investment into their gold mining sectors, many mineral-rich countries in … sub-Saharan Africa have been willing to overlook serious instances of mining company non-compliance with environmental …

gas mainly from the Indian Ocean. The mining boom after 1999, provided the authorities with significant lessons and …

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 … options in a holistic approach that anticipates commodity price cycles, and that mining companies should anticipate fiscal …

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. …

, where large-scale mining investment is being carried out by the mining company Vale SA. …

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 …

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 …