The Impact of Mining on Spatial Inequality Recent Evidence from Africa
This paper investigates the relationship between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during 2001-12. The identification strategy is based on a unilateral causation between mining and district inequality. The findings show that when minerals are...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/199981486393989836/The-impact-of-mining-on-spatial-inequality-recent-evidence-from-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26020 |
| Summary: | This paper investigates the relationship
between mining and spatial inequality in Africa during
2001-12. The identification strategy is based on a
unilateral causation between mining and district inequality.
The findings show that when minerals are aggregated, mining
increases district inequality. But an analysis of individual
minerals shows that mining affects district inequality
positively and negatively, suggesting that mineral wealth
can be a curse and a blessing. Further analysis suggests
that these results largely depend on whether mining is
active or closed, the scale of mining operations, the value
of minerals extracted, and the nature of mining activities
-- important dimensions for shaping mining policies aimed at
bolstering socioeconomic development in Africa. |
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