Digging Beneath the Surface: An Exploration of the Net Benefits of Mining in Southern Africa

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Digging Beneath the Surface: An Exploration of the Net Benefits of Mining in Southern Africa

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.date.accessioned	2019-07-16T20:58:54Z
dc.date.available	2019-07-16T20:58:54Z
dc.date.issued	2019-06
dc.description.abstract	Mining has been central to the social and economic narrative of Southern Africa, and has been a key provider of investment, employment, government revenue and infrastructure in the region. In South Africa, the Johannesburg-Pretoria metropolitan area, which serves as the region's economic and financial hub, developed because of the local gold supply. In the early years, mining developed on the back of migrant workers from across Southern Africa who toiled in the mines under poor conditions. Many ex-miners suffer from vocational diseases to this day. While mining has helped build the economies of Southern Africa, it has come at social and environmental costs that cast a long shadow. Inequality is also high in many Southern African countries, suggesting that mining has not translated into inclusive growth. This report attempts to examine and weigh the various benefits and costs that mining has brought to the Southern Africa region. Data limitations are significant, restricting authoritative conclusions on whether the benefits from mining are positive or negative, on balance, for Southern African societies. The emphasis of this report is thus on taking stock of various benefits and costs associated with mining, while drawing on available information and thought experiments to highlight the potential trade-offs and how they affect stakeholder groups: workers, investors, governments, communities, and the rest of the economy. The countries this report focuses on are Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/506751562777260359/Digging-Beneath-the-Surface-An-Exploration-of-the-Net-Benefits-of-Mining-in-Southern-Africa
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/32107
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/32107
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	MINING
dc.subject	INDIGENOUS POPULATION
dc.subject	ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
dc.subject	VALUE ADDED
dc.subject	EXPORTS
dc.subject	MULTIPLIERS
dc.subject	COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
dc.subject	STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL DYNAMICS
dc.subject	EQUITY
dc.subject	RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.title	Digging Beneath the Surface	en
dc.title.subtitle	An Exploration of the Net Benefits of Mining in Southern Africa	en
dc.type	Report	en
dc.type	Rapport	fr
dc.type	Informe	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Digging Beneath the Surface
okr.date.disclosure	2019-07-10
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work
okr.doctype	Economic & Sector Work::Mining, Oil & Gas
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/506751562777260359/Digging-Beneath-the-Surface-An-Exploration-of-the-Net-Benefits-of-Mining-in-Southern-Africa
okr.guid	506751562777260359
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/32107
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/32107
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	090224b086e2b09c_1_0
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	31202252
okr.identifier.report	138997
okr.imported	true	en
okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/506751562777260359/pdf/Digging-Beneath-the-Surface-An-Exploration-of-the-Net-Benefits-of-Mining-in-Southern-Africa.pdf	en
okr.region.administrative	Africa
okr.topic	Energy::Energy and Mining
okr.topic	Energy::Energy and Poverty Alleviation
okr.topic	Environment::Natural Resources Management
okr.topic	Industry::Mining & Extractive Industry (Non-Energy)
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Employment and Unemployment
okr.topic	Social Protections and Labor::Labor Markets
okr.unit	EFI - AFR1 - MTIC - 2 (EA1M2)

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