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Several empirical studies have found that when exports are concentrated in natural resources countries experience slower rates of economic growth. Various potential channels for this relationship have been identified including Dutch disease, volatility in the terms of trade, and impacts on...
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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...
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local labor markets and welfare, the effects of government spending channels resulting from mining revenue, and regional …
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environmental pollution. To explore this issue, we examine the case of gold mining in Ghana. Through the estimation of an … agricultural production function using household level data, we find that mining has reduced agricultural productivity by almost 40 … find that the mining activity is associated with an increase in poverty, child malnutrition and respiratory diseases. A …
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rule out that our results are driven by increased public expenditure associated to the mining revenue windfall. Using a …
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losses resulting from the Australian mining boom. “Dutch Disease” refers to the adverse effects through real exchange rate … both gainers and losers. The distinction is made between the Booming Sector (mining), the Lagging Sector (exports not part … fiscal surplus that is financed by taxation of the profits of the Booming Sector may not significantly moderate real …
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This paper estimates the effects of the mining boom in Australia, using a large-scale structural macroeconometric model …, AUS-M. We estimate that the mining boom boosted real per capita household disposable income by 13 per cent by 2013. The …, such as manufacturing and agriculture. However, because manufacturing benefits from higher demand for inputs to mining, the …
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This study explores possible futures of the mining industry through numerical analysis of a conceptual mineral … extraction problem with two resource stocks - terrestrial and marine. The model is inspired by the manganese mining industry. We … transition to an industry with both onshore and offshore mining may be near, and that once the transition sparks, it may happen …
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effects, increased household investments, and increased returns to education in mining districts are potential mechanisms …
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Mining generates risk of environmental and social harm for Indigenous peoples but can also generate substantial … norm. Especially as mining revenues should, in part, compensate for mining’s negative social and environmental impacts, it … is vital that mineral taxation on Indigenous lands reflect a careful assessment of appropriate tax mechanisms and a …
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