• The Impacts of Economic Growth on Environmental .

    The Impacts of Economic Growth on Environmental Conditions in Laos Hatthachan Phimphanthavong Local Development and Global Dynamics, Graduate School of Social Science, University of Trento, Italy Abstract This study aims to examine the relationship between economic growth and environmental degradation. The carbon

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  • The Impact of the Financial Crisis on South Africa ...

    Dec 15, 2008· When the storm hit, South Africa had been sitting on relatively strong fundamentals and emerging from a protracted period of economic expansion. The meltdown allowed "notsowellhidden" vulnerabilities to surface. Unemployment, inequality, poverty, crime, and HIV/AIDS still continue to plague the country. Agriculture, mining and manufacturing declined while the trade and

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  • Chinese firm buys mining project Economist Intelligence Unit

    Impact on the forecast. The sale reinforces our view that China will continue to play a dominant role in Eritrea's economy: although this supports our forecast of modest economic growth—annual real GDP growth is forecast at % in 201617—we do not expect Chinese investment to generate significant numbers of jobs or reduce poverty.

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  • The Impact and Effect of Illegal Mining (galamsey) towards ...

    communities where minerals are found. This paper tries to identify and assess the impacts and effects of illegal mining (galamsey). The main impacts identified are on economic activities, health, social life and employment while the effects include those on economic activities, health, social life, environment, agriculture and education.

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  • Production systems in precolonial Africa

    People in precolonial Africa were engaged in hunting and gathering, agriculture, mining and simple manufacturing. Agriculture involved most people, so the chapter looks mainly at farming activities. The chapter explains that farmers in those days faced two big challenges: a .

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  • China's Aid to Africa: Monster or Messiah? Brookings

    China's economic engagement with Africa has skyrocketed over the past decade, leading to debate about the nature of Chinese investment and aid to the continent. Yun Sun describes some of China ...

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  • IMPACT OF MINING SECTOR INVESTMENT IN GHANA: A .

    In these economic programmes, African countries with important mining sectors were obliged to shift their policy emphasis towards a primary objective of maximising tax revenue from mining over the long term (which remains largely a mirage), rather than pursuing other economic or political objectives such as control of resources or

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  • The 'Look East Policy' of Zimbabwe now focuses on China

    A strong foothold in the mining industry in one African country might be the gateway to more promising ore deposits yet to be tapped such as in the Congo for instance. 14 Daily Mirror, "Look East Policy set to benefit three major parastatals", November 3, 2004. contributes to the increase of world prices.

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  • What Kinds of Chinese 'Geese' Are Flying to Africa ...

    Several years later, as China's economy began to slow, overcapacity challenges created an additional incentive for companies to move to less competitive locations overseas. In late 2015, the Chinese government announced a series of new inducements to boost industrial cooperation between China and Africa.

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  • China's Increasing Interest in Africa: Benign but Hardly ...

    Apr 05, 2013· In analyzing the nature of China's activities in Africa, another important voice to examine is that of Africa itself. Many African countries and officials welcome China.

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  • Colonialism and Economic Development in Africa

    To understand the impact of colonialism it is important to put it in the context of the level of African development in 1885. One of the main pieces of evidence for those who favor the conjecture that colonialism was good for development is that Africa was very poor in .

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  • Mining Taxation: An Application to Mali

    Mining Taxation: An Application to Mali Prepared by Saji Thomas1 Authorized for distribution by Brian Ames ... Africa after South Africa and Ghana. When gold mining started in 1984, the mining sector ... gold mining is an enclave economy with weak linkages to the rest of the economy.

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  • industry and environment

    This is, in fact, the second issue of Industry and Environment devoted to the subject. The environmental effects of the mining industry include destruction of natural habitats, changes in river regimes and water tables, and other serious ecological impacts.

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  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH IMPACTS OF MINING IN .

    In Africa, because of economic pressures and slower evolution of environmental awareness, local communities have been particularly exposed to the detrimental effects of contamination arising from mining and its effects on public health, agriculture and the environment.

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  • South Africa Yearbook 2015/16 Mineral Resources

    South Africa Yearbook 2015/16 318 The Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) assumes the custodianship of all mineral resources in South Africa on behalf of its citizens. To this end, the DMR promotes and regulates the minerals and mining sector for .

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  • The Environmental Impact of China's Investment in Africa

    Like most global FDI in Africa, Chinese FDI is concentrated in sectors of the economy that are especially vulnerable to environmental concerns such as energy, mining, fishing, and forestry. Chinese companies have invested in mines that are sometimes located in ecologically fragile areas where there is a higher risk of environmental degradation.

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  • Emerging Pattern of African Economic Engagement with China ...

    In this latter subsection I will examine the growing role of FDI and other forms of financing from China. Section 3 is devoted to an examination of the opportunities and challenges of the current China–Africa economic engagement. Section 4 concludes the study. 2. The emerging pattern of Africa–China economic engagement

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  • IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE ON ECONOMIC .

    economic growth in Nigeria from the period ranging from 1970 to used disaggregated analysis in an attempt to unravel the impact of government expenditure on economic growth. Their results reveal that government total capital expenditure, total

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  • THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL .

    THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS OF DIAMOND MINING IN CHIADZWA Research material compiled by CRD Chimonyo Senior Lecturer Africa University Solomon Mungure Institute of Peace and Governance (IPLG) Africa University Dr. Paul D. Scott Professor, European Peace University and Kansai Gaidai University Japan

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  • African urban economies and the ...

    A further key factor identified in the 2012 African Economic Outlook (AEO), the 2011 African Competitiveness Report (ACR) and the McKinsey report is what the latter terms the better macroeconomic situation, broadly meaning the shift towards more open, liberalized economies with a reduced government role. The problem with this for African ...

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  • Emerging trends in the mining industry |

    Apr 25, 2016· Worldclass insights firm, Deloitte, recently released a report on the mining industry trends of 2016. In addition to highlighting the emerging trends, this .

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  • Women and Artisanal Mining: Gender Roles and the Road .

    beyond direct participation in mining activities – this added facet brings with it different ... Women tend to dominate salt mining in many West African countries. In the village of Keana, Nigeria, women are exclusively involved in salt . Chapter 11 The SocioEconomic Impacts of Artisanal and SmallScale Mining in Developing Countries 4 ...

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  • Africa's path to growth: Sector by sector | McKinsey

    Africa's mining sector presents a paradox: although the continent is strongly endowed with mineral resources, mining has not been the consistent engine of economic development that people in many countries have hoped for. Nor, to date, has Africa attracted a share of global mining investment commensurate with its share of global resources.

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  • African Economic Development and Colonial Legacies

    Markets and African entrepreneurship. But only in mining, and to some extent in "settler" and "plantation" agriculture, did this happen on a large scale. The survey by Herbert S. Frankel (1938) of external capital investment in whiteruled Africa remains the only comprehensive study for the colonial period.

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