Governing African Gold Mining - Private Governance and the Resource Curse (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This book takes a fresh approach to the puzzle of sub-Saharan Africa's resource curse. Moving beyond current scholarship's state-centric approach, it presents cutting-edge evidence gathered through interviews with mining company executives and industry representatives to demonstrate that firms are actively controlling the regulation of the gold mining sector. It shows how large mining firms with significant private authority in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania are able to engender rules and regulations that are acknowledged by other actors, and in some cases even adopted by the state. In doing so, it establishes that firms are co-governing Africa's gold mining sector. By exploring the implications for resource-cursed states, this significant work argues that firm-led regulation can improve governance, but that many of these initiatives fail to address country/mine specific issues where there remains a role for the state in ensuring the benefits of mining flow to local communities. It will appeal to economists, political scientists, and policy-makers and practitioners working in the field of mining and extractives.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	International Political Economy Series
Release date:	November 2016
First published:	2017
Authors:	Ainsley Elbra
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	239
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-56353-8
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Mining industry Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental economics > General
LSN:	1-137-56353-2
Barcode:	9781137563538

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