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The impact of mining on spatial inequality : recent evidence from Africa

Addison, Tony; Boly, Amadou; Mveyange, Anthony - 2017

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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Mining and economic development : did China's WTO accession affect African local economic development?

Addison, Tony; Boly, Amadou; Mveyange, Anthony - 2016

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

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Extractive industries: enclaves or a means to transform economies?

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

This paper argues for a change in government attitudes to their extractive industries: as enclaves useful primarily as revenue sources. This is too narrow a perspective: it fails to recognize the broader economic linkages that are invariably possible. Achieving greater economic impact requires...

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Extractive industries: recognizing and managing the risks in resource-dependent economies

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

This paper analyses the risks facing resource-dependent countries. These include: (i) economic mismanagement (the 'resource curse'); (ii) political mismanagement; (iii) environmental damage (climate change and the destruction of natural capital). It distinguishes 'risk' (which can be addressed...

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Extractive industries: imperatives, opportunities, and dilemmas in the net-zero transition

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2024

extractive industries under the sub-headings of: poverty reduction and nature; mining and environmental risk; demand and supply …

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Extractives for development : ten main messages

Addison, Tony; Roe, Alan - 2018

Countries face both challenges and opportunities in using their extractive industries to achieve more inclusive development - particularly in the developing world. Yet while a large national income can result from resource wealth, it can also be associated with acute social inequality and deep...