The impacts of the exploration and production of large oil and gas reserves in a national economy are controversial. Several countries have shown a lack of capacity to develop based on these resources, while others achieve success. One important part of this equation are the local content rules...

This paper analyses risks and opportunities related to the management and the allocation of wealth derived from the exploitation of natural resources in Brazil. We first discuss natural resources curse hypothesis and present some examples to deal with its negative effects based on the...

The Brazilian mineral industry has maintained a steady growth rate in recent years and despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, which affected all economic activity sectors, mining performance showed significant growth in 2020, generating public revenues from mining royalties 35% higher...

This paper analyses risks and opportunities related to the management and the allocation of wealth derived from the exploitation of natural resources in Brazil. We first discuss natural resources curse hypothesis and present some examples to deal with its negative effects based on the...

The Brazilian mineral industry has maintained a steady growth rate in recent years and despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, which affected all economic activity sectors, mining performance showed significant growth in 2020, generating public revenues from mining royalties 35% higher...

The impacts of the exploration and production of large oil and gas reserves in a national economy are controversial. Several countries have shown a lack of capacity to develop based on these resources, while others achieve success. One important part of this equation are the local content rules...

Spanish Abstract: ¿Cómo lograr la convergencia y coherencia entre la teoría y la práctica administrativa para pensar la sostenibilidad ambiental y los problemas humanos en el sector minero? En este artículo se busca comprender la realidad social del sector minero y de la gestión sostenible...

These notes present an exposition of selected contributions to the “Limits to Growth” debate which took place in the late 1960’s and early 70’s, focusing especially on the authors’ points of view with regard to the relation between technology and environment. A brief introduction to...