World Bank2013-07-312013-07-312004-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14717This Note examines the potential of the mining sector to be a source of growth for the Afghanistan economy. In order to address this fundamental and strategic issue, this Note will ask and provide answers to three principal questions. First, what is the potential in Afghanistan for large and small scale minerals development? Second, given the potential, what are the constraints for development of the sector in terms of the enabling environment (policy, regulatory, taxation) for private investment, institutional capacities, infrastructure and other constraints? And, third, what would be a reasonable sector development scenario over the next five years and what could be the benefit streams (production value, taxes, jobs, value added, etc.) generated under such a scenario? It is intended that the Note serve as a baseline document to help the government reflect on sector policies and strategies and to provide a "roadmap" for development of the sector. The roadmap will help the government to know where it wishes t o go, how it intends to get there, what obstacles and impediments it may face along the way, and what it can reasonably expect to receive in terms of economic and social impacts. This, in turn, will serve as the basis for the development of enabling legislation and fiscal mechanisms for the sector as well as for institutional strengthening required to stimulate investment.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCELERATED DEPRECIATIONADBAMOUNT OF EXPLORATIONARTISANAL MINERSARTISANAL MININGBENEFIT STREAMSCADASTRECENTRAL GOVERNMENTCENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTROLCOALCOAL DEMANDCOAL MINESCOAL RESOURCESCONSUMERSCOPPERCRUSHED STONEDEPOSITSDEVELOPMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCESDEVELOPMENT STRATEGYDIMENSION STONEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMIC VALUEELECTRICITY GENERATIONEMPLOYMENTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONEXPLOITATIONEXPLORATION DATAFEASIBILITY STUDIESFISCALFISCAL BURDENFISCAL CONDITIONSFISCAL MEASURESFISCAL YEARFOREIGN ASSISTANCEFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN INVESTORSGDPGEMSTONESGEOLOGICAL SURVEYGEOLOGYGOLDGOLD MINESGOVERNMENT AUTHORITYGOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONSGOVERNMENT OFFICIALSGOVERNMENT POLICIESGOVERNMENT STATISTICSGRAVELGRAVELSHEALTH AND SAFETYHUMAN WELL-BEINGINDIGENOUS PEOPLESINDUSTRIAL MINERALSINDUSTRIAL MINERALS PRODUCTIONINSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTSINTERNATIONAL MININGINVESTMENT ROYALTIESINVOLUNTARY RESETTLEMENTIRONIRON ORELAWSLEGAL REQUIREMENTSLEGISLATIONLOCAL GOVERNMENTSM3MANDATESMARBLEMARKET PRICESMARKET VALUEMETALSMINE DEVELOPMENTMINERAL COMMODITIESMINERAL COMMODITYMINERAL DEVELOPMENTMINERAL POLICYMINERAL PRODUCTIONMINERAL PRODUCTSMINERAL RESOURCEMINERAL RESOURCESMINERAL SECTORMINERALSMINERALS DEVELOPMENTMINERALS EXPLORATIONMINERALS LAWMINERALS LEGISLATIONMINERALS PRODUCTIONMINESMINING COMPANIESMINING DEVELOPMENTMINING ENTERPRISESMINING INDUSTRYMINING INVESTMENTMINING LEGISLATIONMINING OPERATIONSMINING POLICYMINING RIGHTSMINING SECTORMINING SECTOR POLICYMINING SECTOR REFORMMINING TAXATIONMULTIPLIER EFFECTNATIONAL TERRITORYORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTUREPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPOTENTIAL INVESTORSPRESENT VALUEPRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENTPRIVATIZATIONPRODUCERSPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTIVITYPROSPECTINGPUBLIC SECTORQUARRIESREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY REGIMESREHABILITATIONRENEWABLE RESOURCERENEWABLE RESOURCESRESOURCE BASEROYALTYROYALTY PAYMENTSRURAL COMMUNITIESSAFEGUARD POLICIESSALTSANDSAVINGSSEMI-PRECIOUS STONESSMALL SCALESMALL SCALE MININGSMALL-SCALESMALL-SCALE MININGSMELTERSOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTSOCIAL SAFEGUARDSSOLID MINERALSSOVEREIGNTYSTATE ASSETSSTATE INSTITUTIONSSTATE OWNED MINING ENTERPRISESSTONE INDUSTRYSTREAMSTALCTAX ADMINISTRATIONTAX LAWTAX REVENUESTAXATIONTRANSPARENCYUNDERESTIMATESVALUE ADDED COAL MINING INDUSTRYMINING SECTOR REFORMSPRIVATE INVESTMENTSSMALL SCALE MININGLEGAL REFORMMINING CADASTERSTAX ADMINISTRATIONTAX COLLECTIONTAX REFORMSMINING DEVELOPMENTGEOLOGICAL SURVEYSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTROYALTY FEESINTERNATIONAL STANDARDSBEST PRACTICESGEMSTONE MININGMINERAL POLICIESMINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENTMINERAL PRICESARTISANAL MININGMINING CADASTERSWorld Bank10.1596/14717