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Southern Africa resource barometer
Southern African Resource Watch, 2013Since 2000, oil and mineral commodity prices have been undergoing a strong and steady rise, mainly due to increasing demand from China, India and other emerging economies.DocumentLand, biodiversity and the extractive industries in southern Africa. How effective are legal and institutional frameworks in protecting people and the environment?
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013In the natural resources sector, laws are often formulated to regulate the relationship between men and the environment. Ideally, the law can play a vital role in regulating and protecting communities from adverse environmental and social impacts of mining, loss of land, biodiversity and natural wealth, as well as other human rights violations.DocumentBreaking the curse: how transparent taxation and fair taxes can turn Africa’s mineral wealth into development
Southern African Resource Watch, 2009December 2008 saw a ‘perfect storm’ hit international metals prices, bringing the five-year international metal price boom to an abrupt end. The combined collapse in demand for metals and sharp drop in the demand of institutional investors for commodity-based assets have slashed copper prices by up to two thirds, and gold prices by up to a third from their peaks in July 2008.DocumentCopper boom in Zambia: boom for whom?
Southern African Resource Watch, 2007Zambia was the first country on the African continent to produce copper and its econ- omy has historically been heavily dependent on the mining of copper and cobalt. Once a middle-income country, Zambia began to slide into poverty in the 1970s when copper prices declined on the world market.DocumentCongo’s Golden web: The people, companies and countries that profit from the illegal trade in Congolese Gold
Southern African Resource Watch, 2014This report describes all aspects of the commercialisation of (DRC) Congolese gold – including gold that is produced by industrial, semi-industrial and artisanal mining operations, and gold that is traded and refined by small merchants, well-capitalised trading groups and powerful refineries.DocumentSavings and investment decisions from natural resource revenues: implications for Arab development
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013The Middle East is fortunate to have large endowments of oil and gas.DocumentFuture oil revenues and political dynamics in West and East Africa: a slippery slope?
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014Over the next decade, at least 12 African nations will become major oil exporters. This paper attempts to model the likely interaction between political dynamics and windfall oil rents in a number of soon-to-be oil-dependent economies in Africa. Using a theoretical framework designed by North, Wallis and Weingast, and a game theoretic modelDocumentPlatinum & passes: the impact of mining investments on education outcomes in South Africa
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014Platinum mining is a major engine of South Africa’s economy, producing exports and generating employment for many South Africans. It is, however, highly dependent on skilled labour, engineers and technicians, who are drawn from the limited pool of graduates emerging from the weak South African schooling system. Public-private partnerships have been established to address this gap.DocumentMeeting the challenge of the resource curse: international experiences in managing the risks and realising the opportunities of non-renewable natural resource revenue management
Overseas Development Institute, 2006This report starts from the premise that countries endowed with non-renewable natural resources (NRNR) are faced with substantial opportunities, but also great risks.DocumentReversing the curse: five principles for beating the "natural resource curse"
Overseas Development Institute, 2006This briefing paper recognises that the presence of non-renewable natural resources (NRNR) in a country, such as oil, gas, metals and mineral commodities, can bring great risks, in the shape of economic mis-management, instability, inflation, and corruption, as well as potential opportunities.Pages