ABSTRACT
For too long Africa's mineral fortune has been lamented as a resource curse that has led to conflict rather than development for much of the continent. Yet times are changing and the opportunities to bring technical expertise on modern mining alongside appropriate governance mechanisms for social development are becoming more accessible in Africa.
This book synthesizes perspectives from multiple disciplines to address Africa’s development goals in relation to its mineral resources. The authors cover ways of addressing a range of policy challenges, environmental concerns, and public health impacts and also consider the role of globalization within the extractive industries. Academic research is coupled with key field vignettes from practitioners exemplifying case studies throughout. The book summarizes the challenges of natural resource governance, suggesting ways in which mining can be more effectively managed in Africa. By providing an analytical framework it highlights the essential intersection between natural and social sciences, central to efficient and effective harnessing of the potential for minerals and mining to be a contributor to positive development in Africa.
It will be of interest to policy makers, industry professionals, and researchers in the extractive industries, as well as to the broader development community.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|61 pages
The politics of African mining
chapter 1|19 pages
Harmonizing African resource politics?
chapter 4|2 pages
Field vignette
part II|82 pages
Data and models
chapter 7|33 pages
Challenges in measuring the local and regional contributions of mining
chapter 10|3 pages
Field vignette
part III|83 pages
Environment, health, and innovation
chapter 11|29 pages
Conservation priorities and extractive industries in Africa
chapter 12|13 pages
Ebola and other emerging infectious diseases
chapter 13|13 pages
Mineral investment decision-making in Africa
part IV|70 pages
Reconciling scales of mining governance