Socioeconomic Impact of Mining on Local Communities in Africa

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Socioeconomic Impact of Mining on Local Communities in Africa

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2015-06-25

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For more than a decade, Africa has enjoyed a mineral boom. is the growth mostly happening in isolated places, sectors and periods? The approach adopted in this study is two-pronged. First, through case studies, including the results of fieldwork, mining’s impacts are examined in a country-specific context for each of three countries, Ghana, Mali, and Tanzania; and second, a statistical analysis is used to test whether the indicators of welfare improve with proximity to a mine.

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“World Bank. 2015. Socioeconomic Impact of Mining on Local Communities in Africa. Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/22489 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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