Are Local Communities Better Off?
by
Punam Chuhan-Pole, Andrew L. Dabalen, Bryan Christopher Land
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
This study focuses on the local and regional impact of large-scale gold mining in Africa in the context of a mineral boom in the region since 2000. It contributes to filling a gap in the literature on the welfare effects of mineral resources, which, until now, has concentrated more on the national or...