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Academics, policy-makers and practitioners from Africa and beyond document new ways of thinking about issues concerning governance and revenue flows in mining activities in Ghana, Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Author:   B. Campbell
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.434kg
ISBN:  

9781137345967

ISBN 10:   1137345969
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   21 November 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Bonnie Campbell 1. An Overview of Revenue Flows from the Mining Sector: Impacts, Debates and Policy Recommendations; John Jacobs 2. Regulatory Framework Review and Mining Regime Reform in Mali: Degrees of Rupture and Continuity; Saël Gagné-Ouellet 3. Constraints to Maximization of Net National Retained Earnings from the Mining Sector: Challenges for National Economic Development and Poverty Reduction in Sub Saharan Africa as illustrated by Ghana; Thomas M. Akabzaa 4. Artisanal Mining in Ghana: Institutional Arrangements, Resource Flows, and Poverty Alleviation; Gavin Hilson and Godfried Okoh 5. Tracing Revenue Flows, Governance and the Challenges of Poverty Reduction in the Democratic Republic of Congo`s Artisanal Mining Sector; Didier de Failly S.J., Zacharie Bulakali Ntakobajira and Lucien Bahimba Shonja Conclusion; Bonnie Campbell

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This book offers a richly detailed and timely analysis of contemporary debates about mineral governance and revenue flows in Africa. [...] Its incisive analysis of power and institutions in the mining sector make this a highly momentous contribution that will be appealing, interesting and useful for many readers for years to come. - Samuel J. Spiegel, The Extractive Industries and Society

Author Information

Thomas Mba Akabzaa, University of Ghana, Ghana Bonnie Campbell, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada Didier de Failly, Bureau d'Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques, Democratic Republic of the Congo Saël Gagné-Ouellet, University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada Gavin Hilson, University of Surrey, UK John Jacobs, Carleton University, Canada Zacharie Bulakali Ntakobajira, Bureau d'Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques, Democratic Republic of the Congo Godfried Okoh, Ghana Revenue Service, Ghana Lucien Bahimba Shonja, Bureau d'Etudes Scientifiques et Techniques, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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