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 …

governance. It analyses resource governance from the late nineteenth century to the present in Bolivia, Ghana, Peru, and Zambia … from the late nineteenth century to the present in Bolivia, Ghana, Peru, and Zambia. They focus on the ways in which … Research Concerns; 2.2 Our Approach to the Research; 3 Outline of Book; Endnotes; 2: Mining, Political Settlements, and …

paradigm on mining for development suggests that mineral-rich developing countries need to formulate a fiscal policy that can … of mining companies in poor remote communities is sufficient to initiate development. In this discussion, it is suggested … that the fiscal policy should take into account the state of governance where mining is being conducted, the extent of …