Why is there a Large-Scale Mining ‘Bias’ in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Hilson, Gavin (2018) Why is there a Large-Scale Mining ‘Bias’ in Sub-Saharan Africa? Land Use Policy.
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Abstract
This paper reflects critically on the state of mining sector-led development in sub-Saharan Africa. It argues that in most countries in the region, policies are ‘biased’ in favour of large-scale extraction. World Bank officials have long maintained that, in sub-Saharan Africa, the large-scale mines financed and operated by foreign multinationals could become ‘growth poles’ which stimulate marked economic development. For this to happen, however, radically different policy approaches will be needed – changes which, up until now, the region’s governments have shown little interest in making.
Item Type: | Article | ||||||
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Divisions : | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences > Surrey Business School | ||||||
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Date : | 7 July 2018 | ||||||
DOI : | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.02.013 | ||||||
Copyright Disclaimer : | © 2017. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | ||||||
Uncontrolled Keywords : | Mining; Large-scale mining ‘bias’; Sub-Saharan Africa; Multinational; Local economic development | ||||||
Depositing User : | Melanie Hughes | ||||||
Date Deposited : | 06 Jun 2017 15:08 | ||||||
Last Modified : | 08 Jul 2019 02:08 | ||||||
URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/841316 |
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