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Questions about the ultimate size of mineral and energy resource endowments and the degree of fiscal prudence which should be exercised by countries engaged in resource extraction have become central for many developing countries during the recent resource boom. To explore these questions, this...
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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 …
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It is a contentious issue whether large scale mining creates local employment, and the sector has been accused of … hurting women?s labor supply and economic opportunities. This paper uses the rapid expansion of mining in Sub-Saharan Africa …. Effects are stronger in years of high world prices. Mining creates local boom-bust economies in Africa, with permanent effects …
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firms in the iron ore mining sector in Liberia between 1951 and 1985 under a system where royalties were levied on the per … unit level of production and on the basis of the price of the ore. It investigates whether iron ore mining companies have … where: (a) base-mining operations are vertically integrated and firms employ transfer pricing between mining and upstream …
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mining activity in Peru, which grew almost twentyfold in the last two decades. The authors find evidence that producing … rate, and higher literacy. However, the positive impacts from mining decrease significantly with administrative and … producing province. The inequalizing impact of mining activity, both across and within districts, may explain part of the …
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poor impact of mining on Ghana's economic development, this paper highlights the vulnerabilities in mining sector … improved social welfare. They find that incentive problems in institutions directly or peripherally involved in mining … regulatory levels. The paper argues that the net impact of mining on economic development is likely to be enhanced with …
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exogenous variation, the paper shows that over 2002-07, mining activities in response to the global commodity price boom …
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To comprehend how development really happens, it is necessary to understand the evolution of its drivers and their relationship with individuals' income. This paper analyzes the expansion of access to education and basic services in Latin America and its association with the evolution of incomes...
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Poverty estimates usually lag behind two years, which makes it difficult to provide real-time poverty analysis to assess the impact of economic crisis and shocks among the less well-off, and subsequently limits policy responses. This paper takes advantage of up-to-date average economic welfare...
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This paper explores perceptions of distributive justice in Latin America during the 2000s and their relationship with income inequality. In line with the fall in income inequality in the region, the paper documents a widespread, although modest, decrease in the share of the population that...
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