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processing, and infrastructure, and finds that the policies used have mostly not lived up to expectations. Finally, the outline … use of infrastructure, (v) a strong role for local government, and (vi) accurate information and monitoring. …
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. These have increased the country's extractive resource endowments, in addition to its mining and onshore natural gas sector … domestic capital - in people, institutions, and infrastructure. Looking at the policy environment, this paper argues that the …
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. These have increased the country's extractive resource endowments, in addition to its mining and onshore natural gas sector … domestic capital - in people, institutions, and infrastructure. Looking at the policy environment, this paper argues that the …
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monitor these laws. Effectiveness of local content legislation and the potential for firms in the mining sector to contribute …
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Economic synergy is essential in functional polycentric metropolitan regions due to their high collaborative potential between area centers and subcenters, which results in greater competition. Our results indicate that, based on the theory of economic geography, economic activities in...
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case study of Australia, a leading producer and exporter of minerals. After describing the mining sector in the context of …-fuel sector. The study finds that government support to the mining industry is relatively limited. Measures through which the … Australian federal government assists the mining industry tax concessions related to corporate expenditure on R&D and on …
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Robust forecasting of mining sector revenues is key to effective budgeting (and broader fiscal management) in many … maintained by revenue authorities. In contrast, commercial mining entities typically have well-developed tools for analysing …
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While market mechanisms and private initiatives can deliver much for development, public action is also necessary to: maximize the economic benefits of the extractive industries; manage potentially large capital and revenues flows; minimize adverse environmental and social impacts; and steer the...
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This paper analyses the roles that states, civil society, and international actors can play in tackling the weak governance that sometimes leads to resources being used for private rather than public benefit. It discusses the corruption that bedevils licensing and commodities trading; and oil...
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extractive industries under the sub-headings of: poverty reduction and nature; mining and environmental risk; demand and supply …
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