Mining Additional Reading
Kumah, Abraham, 2006, Sustainability and gold mining in the developing world, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 14, Issues 3-4, Pages 315-323. • Krausmann, Fridolin, Simone Gingrich, Nina ...
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Artisanal Mining in Ghana: Institutional Arrangements
Noetstaller, R. (1987) Small-Scale Mining: A Review of the Issues (World Bank: Washington DC). Google Scholar Ofosu-Mensah, E.A. (2011a) 'Historical overview of traditional and modern gold mining in Ghana', International Research Journal of Library, Information and Archival Studies, 1(1): 6–22. Google Scholar
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The Africa Mining Vision: a manifesto for more inclusive extractive
Introduction. The Africa Mining Vision (AMV), a "pathway, formulated by African nations themselves, that puts the continent's long term and broad development objectives at the heart of all policy making concerned with mineral extraction", Footnote 1 was implemented to facilitate economic transformation in mineral-rich sections of Africa. Unveiled officially …
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Working with legal small‐scale miners: Implications for development
Development initiatives focused on illegal artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) typically assume that formalisation will address environmental degradation and poverty. But there is little research on legal small-scale miners' (SSMs) perceptions of their environmental impacts, or on demographic characteristics that should inform …
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Mining reform and the World Bank: providing a policy framework …
Mining reform and the World Bank: providing a policy framework for development Document Details DETAILS See More SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL ALERTS Daily Updates …
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Ghana Can Leverage Trade Policies to Accelerate
Ghana's merchandise trade competitiveness declined over the last decade, resulting in a reduction in the number of exporting firms and their participation in Global Value Chains (GVCs). However, improvements in transport logistics and access to ICT infrastructure over last decade can be leveraged for expanded trade and economic …
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Sustainability and gold mining in the developing world
The World Bank's rationale for continued support of mining projects in the Third World is poverty alleviation, job creation, infrastructural development, and to put …
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Going for gold: transitional livelihoods in Northern Ghana
'Migration dynamics and small scale gold mining in north-eastern Ghana: implications for sustainable rural livelihoods', Fifth African Population Conference, Union for African Population Studies, 10–14 December 2007, Arusha, Tanzania.
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Brazil's illegal gold rush is fueling corruption, violent crime and
Portuguese colonizers triggered the world's first global gold rush in 1690 and several of the country's historic cities – Ouro Preto (black gold) and Vila Rica (rich town) – are a tribute ...
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Identifying and clarifying environmental policy best practices for …
Synthesize environmental policy best practices to inform gold mining within the context of Sub-Saharan Africa; and (3) Consider the theoretical and practical implications for sustainable development in gold mining communities. The paper is structured as follows: The next section provides highlights of the analytical framework adopted for the …
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National Mineral Sector Policy Framework and Actions, 2019
Guyana. Chapter 32 of the NDS addressed mining policy and included recommendations on fiscal regime, institutional aspects, legislature changes, infrastructure development, and environmental issues. No policy document on mining has since encompassed such scope. Apart from this absence for over 20 years, the MNR also recognizes that a demand exists
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Botswana Mining Investment and Governance Review
Diamond mining and trading have been Botswana's most important wealth generating activities, but the country has also received revenue from the mining of base metals, gold, soda ash and coal. As diamond production has slowed in the last several years due to the downward commodity cycle, and recognizing that it will become
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Mining, Oil, and Gas
Economic & Sector Work 70 Publications & Research 1. Search document type. Browse document type tree. Subject. OIL 37 NATURAL RESOURCES 31 MINES 29 GAS 27 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 26. Show more. Search subject. Region. Africa 35 Europe and Central Asia 11 East Asia and Pacific 6 Middle East and North Africa 5 South …
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Environmental Policy Assessment in the Ghanaian Gold …
For the past three decades, the gold mining industry has contributed to the economies of many countries in Africa including Ghana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Tanzania, among others. The continent hosts over 14% of the world's mineral reserves and more specifically, is host to 30% of the world's gold (Akabzaa, Seyire, & Afriyie, 2007).
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World Bank Group Approves $20 Million Grant to Support Sierra Leone's
Washington. Ekaterina Svirina. +1 (202) 458-1042. esvirina@worldbank. Today, the World Bank approved a $20 million IDA Grant for the second phase of the Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Project (EITAP 2) to help strengthen governance, increase geological knowledge, and support the artisanal …
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The Impact of Mining on the Ghanaian Economy: A
mining sector's overall policy direction a nd coordination. It formulates and implements mining-related policies, promotes investment in the sector, a nd ensures the sustainable use of natural ...
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The Republic of Burundi Final Report
World Bank, all of which are specifically reserved. Attribution—Perks, Rachel and Karen Hayes. 2016. Transparency in Revenues from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining of Tin, Tantalum, Tungsten and Gold in Burundi. Washington, DC: World Bank. The data used in this report is reproduced, with credit to the sources, in good faith as to its accuracy and
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Mining: Sector Results Profile
The World Bank has supported 41 mining sector reform (technical assistance) projects in 24 countries since 1988. The reforms have contributed to an …
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Triple Win: How Mining Can Benefit Africa's Citizens, Their …
The World Bank has therefore been providing support. Recent World Bank-funded surveys have indicated the potential for significant reserves in Malawi and Uganda, for example.19 More funding for surveys from donors would reveal more minerals that would both supply the energy transition and benefit African government treasuries and mining …
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Case Study Tanzania June 2012
The government's Small-Scale Mining Policy Paper of 1983 encouraged citizens to supplement their incomes by participating in mining activities. In the 1990s, the government developed a legal and policy framework for formally integrating small-scale mining into a national mineral development strategy, introducing the Tanzanian Mining Policy of
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MINERALS AND MINING POLICY OF GHANA
Minerals & Mining Policy of Ghana 2.0 Overview of Ghana's Minerals and Mining Sector Ghana is well endowed with substantial mineral resources, the major ones being gold, diamonds, manganese and bauxite. Gold is the predominant mineral produced in the country accounting for over 90% of all mineral revenues annually over the past two …
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Mining in Africa
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Responsible Gold Mining Principles | World Gold Council
World Bank Group. European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) Responsible Gold Mining Principles - June 2018. The World Gold Council has set out …
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Re-examining Russia's presence in West Africa's gold sector.
Since the Putin regime's invasion of Ukraine at the end of February 2022, Russia has been hit by severe economic sanctions, isolating the country from the global financial system. Given their increasing presence in the gold sector across West Africa, it is likely that Russia will seek to use gold as a means of generating funds, moving money …
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Equatorial Guinea Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
After seven consecutive years of recession, the Equatoguinean economy is estimated to have rebounded with 2.9% growth in 2022 (from -2.8% in 2021), mainly owing to a pickup in hydrocarbon output. Inflation in Equatorial Guinea is estimated to have surged to 4.9% in 2022 (compared to 1.8% in 2021) due to higher global food and energy prices ...
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Resource policies and small-scale gold mining in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) 1 has long been an important economic sector and a contentious arena for policymaking. The sector involves rudimentary forms of mineral extraction, and extensive research has discussed its environmental risks ( Zwane et al., 2006 ). Research has also shown that it provides …
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Climate-Sensitive Mining: Case Studies
2.1 Gold mining drivers 6 2.2 Copper mining drivers 7 2.3 Iron ore mining drivers 8 ... This report was commissioned by the World Bank's Extractives-led Local Economic …
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Policy, Legal, and Contractual Framework | Oil, Gas, and Mining: …
Focuses on ownership of the extractive industries (EIs) and how ownership translates into a regime for the award of rights, the terms on which the rights are held and their duration, obligations, the form of contract, regulation of operations, institutional coordination, and the distribution of revenues among the country's citizens. Eight key challenges include (1) …
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World Bank
Policy Research Working Paper 7250 The Local Socioeconomic Effects of Gold Mining Evidence from Ghana Punam Chuhan-Pole Andrew Dabalen Andreas Kotsadam Aly Sanoh Anja Tolonen Africa Region Office of the Chief Economist April 2015 Policy Research Working Paper 7250 Abstract Ghana is experiencing its third gold rush, and this paper …
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