Assessment of the Central African Republic Mining Sector

This report presents recommendations to assist the promotion of socially and environmentally responsible artisanal mining practices, discusses formalization of the artisanal mining sector, and advises organization into cooperatives in the Central A...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Bank
Format: Mining/Oil and Gas
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/16282862/central-african-republic-assessment-central-african-republic-mining-sector
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12587
id okr-10986-12587
recordtype oai_dc
spelling okr-10986-125872021-04-23T14:03:01Z Assessment of the Central African Republic Mining Sector World Bank ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING ARTISANAL MINING ARTISANAL MINING SECTOR CADASTRE CHILD LABOUR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GEOLOGY HEALTH AND SAFETY LARGE-SCALE MINING MINE INSPECTION MINERALS MINES MINING DEVELOPMENT MINING POLICY MINING SECTOR SCALE MINING ACTIVITIES SMALL SCALE SMALL SCALE MINING SMALL SCALE MINING SECTOR SMALL-SCALE This report presents recommendations to assist the promotion of socially and environmentally responsible artisanal mining practices, discusses formalization of the artisanal mining sector, and advises organization into cooperatives in the Central African Republic. Best practices are outlined to improve the working, living, and community conditions of artisanal miners. The mining sector is an important source of revenue for the Central African Republic, and the mineral wealth of the country presents good potential in alluvial diamonds, gold and uranium. The mining sector provides significant employment opportunities through the artisanal and small-scale subsector, and could become a significant source of community development and economic growth. The Government's ability to manage the mining sector is limited, but this report provides information to enable the Government to improve its management and competitiveness. 2013-03-01T15:20:38Z 2013-03-01T15:20:38Z 2008-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/16282862/central-african-republic-assessment-central-african-republic-mining-sector http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12587 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Mining/Oil and Gas Economic & Sector Work Africa Central African Republic
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Foreign Institution
institution Digital Repositories
building World Bank Open Knowledge Repository
collection World Bank
language English
en_US
topic ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING
ARTISANAL MINING
ARTISANAL MINING SECTOR
CADASTRE
CHILD LABOUR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
GEOLOGY
HEALTH AND SAFETY
LARGE-SCALE MINING
MINE INSPECTION
MINERALS
MINES
MINING DEVELOPMENT
MINING POLICY
MINING SECTOR
SCALE MINING ACTIVITIES
SMALL SCALE
SMALL SCALE MINING
SMALL SCALE MINING SECTOR
SMALL-SCALE
spellingShingle ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING
ARTISANAL MINING
ARTISANAL MINING SECTOR
CADASTRE
CHILD LABOUR
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
GEOLOGY
HEALTH AND SAFETY
LARGE-SCALE MINING
MINE INSPECTION
MINERALS
MINES
MINING DEVELOPMENT
MINING POLICY
MINING SECTOR
SCALE MINING ACTIVITIES
SMALL SCALE
SMALL SCALE MINING
SMALL SCALE MINING SECTOR
SMALL-SCALE
World Bank
Assessment of the Central African Republic Mining Sector
geographic_facet Africa
Central African Republic
description This report presents recommendations to assist the promotion of socially and environmentally responsible artisanal mining practices, discusses formalization of the artisanal mining sector, and advises organization into cooperatives in the Central African Republic. Best practices are outlined to improve the working, living, and community conditions of artisanal miners. The mining sector is an important source of revenue for the Central African Republic, and the mineral wealth of the country presents good potential in alluvial diamonds, gold and uranium. The mining sector provides significant employment opportunities through the artisanal and small-scale subsector, and could become a significant source of community development and economic growth. The Government's ability to manage the mining sector is limited, but this report provides information to enable the Government to improve its management and competitiveness.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Mining/Oil and Gas
author World Bank
author_facet World Bank
author_sort World Bank
title Assessment of the Central African Republic Mining Sector
title_short Assessment of the Central African Republic Mining Sector
title_full Assessment of the Central African Republic Mining Sector
title_fullStr Assessment of the Central African Republic Mining Sector
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of the Central African Republic Mining Sector
title_sort assessment of the central african republic mining sector
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/11/16282862/central-african-republic-assessment-central-african-republic-mining-sector
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12587
_version_ 1764420284131049472