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 …

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 …

Qualitative studies and media reports suggest that the presence of Chinese oil or mining companies generates … Afrobarometer surveys, this paper examines whether Chinese-controlled mining promotes anti-Chinese sentiments among the local … populations of sub-Saharan African countries. In addition, we test the effect of mining contractors' nationality on socio …

2018, the mining of metals and coal continued to be an important contributor to the economies of several low- and middle …-income countries. As in our previous calculations of the Mining Contribution Index, African countries in particular benefit from this … reserves of metals and minerals necessary for the low-carbon future, and in particular those with an existing mining industry …

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 paper investigates the economic impacts of the mining sector on household expenditures. Employing the difference …-in-differences model and the Mongolia Household Socio-Economic Survey data from 2008 to 2016, I find that the mining activities benefited … local residents. Specifically, mining activities increase household expenditures on food, health, and electricity …