Mining sector in Africa

Issue 8 - The mining sector, an opportunity for growth in Africa?

Books, working papers, reports

 

► A golden opportunity? How Tanzania is failing to benefit from gold mining. An argument for policy changes in the Tanzanian mining industry, M. Curtis; T. Lissu, Norwegian Church Aid, 2008

 

► Breaking new ground: mining, minerals, and sustainable development, Final report from the IIED MMSD project, IIED, International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002

 

► Breaking the Curse: How Transparent Taxation and Fair Taxes can Turn Africa’s Mineral Wealth into Development? Open Society Institute of Southern Africa, Third World Network Africa,Tax Justice Network Africa, Action Aid International, Christian Aid, mars 2009

 

► Child labour in the mining sector of PeruWorst forms of child labour in Peru , A. Ensing, Foundation for International Research on Working Children, 2008

 

► Corporate Social Responsibility in mining in Southern Africa: fair accountability or just greenwash?CSR practices in the mining sector in South Africa and Zambia , R. Hamann; P. Kapelus, Society for International Development, 2004

 

► Developing better policies for the sustainable development of the Indian coal sector. How to reduce environmental and social cost of coal mining in India? A.P. Chikkatur; A.D. Sagar, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007

 

► Diamond mining, governance initiatives and post-conflict development in Sierra Leone , Maconachie R., University of Manchester, July 2008

 

► Diamond Smuggling and Taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa , Nienke Oomes & Matthias Vocke, Document de travail, FMI, 2003

 

► Enjeux des nouvelles règlementations minières en Afrique , Campbell, B., Document de recherche, Uppsala, Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2004

 

► Gold Mining companies in Africa: Workers' experiences. African gold mining from a workers perspective , H. Jauch; A. Baah, African Labour Research Network, 2007

 

► Good practice guidance for mining and biodiversity, a practical guide for mining professionals , ICMM, International Council on Mining and Metals [ICMM], 2006

 

► Lightening the lode: a guide to responsible large-scale mining. Recommendations for responsible mining in sensitive environments , A. R. Sweeting; A. P. Clark, Center for Environmental Leadership in Business, Washington, 2000

 

► Increasing government revenues from the extractive sector in Sub-Saharan-Africa, Factors impeding enhanced tax revenues from extractive sectors for sub- saharan governments , M. Stürmer (ed); J. Karlsson, Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI), 2008

 

► Mainstreaming Mineral Wealth in Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategies , Antonio M.A. Pedro; United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2006

 

► Minerals, Openness, Institutions and Growth: An Empirical Analysis , James L. Butkiewicz & Halit Yanikkaya, Working Papers, University of Delaware, Department of Economics, 2007

 

► Mining certification evaluation project: independent certification of environmental and social performance in the mining sector , M. Rae; A. Rouse, WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature , 2001

 

► Production d’or, d’étain et de coltan au Kivu (R.D.Congo) : qu’en est-il aujourd’hui ?, De Failly, D., Bukavu, Bureau d’Études Scientifiques et Techniques (BEST), 2007

 

► The economic value of industrial minerals and rocks for developing countries: A discussion of key issues , Wilson, Tetevi Bahun & Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich, MPRA Paper No. 2214, 2007

 

► Treasure or Trouble? Mining in developing countries , Weber-Fahr, World Bank Group, Mining, 2002

 

► The mining and metals industries: progress in contributing to sustainable development. Mining and metal industry perspectives on sustainable development , International Council on Mining and Metals [ICMM], 2002

Articles

► Closing down mines: benefits of partnership in Indonesia , Ralph Hamann; African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, South Africa, id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

 

► Emerging Players in Global Mining , Humphreys D., Extractive Industries and Development, Series 5, 2009

 

► Girls in mining: research findings from Ghana, Niger, Peru and United Republic of Tanzania, Challenging gender roles in small scale mining , International Institute for Labour Studies, ILO, 2007

 

► La réforme du secteur minier en république démocratique du Congo : enjeux de gouvernance et perspectives de reconstruction , Mazalto M., Afrique contemporaine 2008/3, n°227

 

► Le projet minier de QIT Madagascar Minéral a Tolagnaro (fort-dauphin, Madagascar) : quels enjeux de développement ? Sarrasin B., Afrique contemporaine 2007/1 (n° 221)

 

► Les diamants et les relations internationales illicites , Mugnier D., Dalloz, Revue internationale et stratégique, 2001/3 - n° 43

 

► Les négociations multi-parties prenantes : l’exemple de l’Initiative de transparence des industries extractives , Carbonnier G., Presses Universitaires de France, Relations internationales 2008/4, n° 136

 

► Madagascar. Un secteur minier en émergence, entre l'environnement et le développement , Sarrasin B., Afrique contemporaine 2003/4, n° 221

 

► Matières premières, régulation internationale et états rentiers , Kellner T., Relations internationales 2009/2, n° 138

 

► Mineral investment and the regulation of the environment in developing countries: lessons from Ghana, Kyla Tienhaara, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Volume 6, issue 4, 2006

 

► Part of the Disease or Part of the Curequest; Chinese Investments in the Zambian Mining and Construction Sectors, Peter Kragelund, The European Journal of Development Research, 2009

 

► Perspectives on migration patterns in Ghana's mining industry, Nyame, Frank K. & Andrew Grant, J. & Yakovleva, Natalia, Resources Policy, Volume 34, issue 1-2, 2009