Africa's Mineral Fortune: The Science and Politics of Mining and Sustainable Development

ISBN-13: 9781138606920 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 310 str.

Saleem H. Ali; Kathryn Sturman; Nina Collins

Opis

This book synthesises perspectives from multiple disciplines to address Africa’s development goals in relation to its mineral resources, covering policy issues, environmental challenges, public health impacts and the role of globalization within the extractive industries.

Recenzje

"A timely and comprehensive treatment of an issue vital to Africa’s future success" - Paul Collier, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University, UK

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION  Part I: The politics of African mining  1. Harmonizing African resource politics? Lessons from the African Mineral Development Centre  2. Evaluating conflict risks in Africa’s resource governance  3. Chinese mining in Africa and its global controversy  4. Field Vignette. Moving from prescriptive to performance-based regulation: the case of waste management  5. Field Vignette. Ghana’s policy on artisanal and small-scale mining  Part II: Data and models: supporting strategic planning for Africa’s minerals  6. Developing accurate and accessible geoscience data for sustainable mining in Africa  7. Challenges in measuring the local and regional contributions of mining: lessons from case studies in Rwanda, Zambia, and Ghana 8. Measuring transformative development from mining: a case study of Madagascar  9. Field Vignette. The Extractives Dependence Index and its impact on Africa  10. Field Vignette. The West African Exploration Initiative (WAXI) as a model for collaberative research and development Part III: Environment, health, and innovation  11. Conservation priorities and extractive industries in Africa: opportunities for conflict prevention 12. Ebola and other emerging infections: managing risks to the mining industry  13. Mineral investment decision-making in Africa: a real options approach in integrating price and environmental risks  14. The potential of Zambian copper-cobalt metallophytes for phytoremediation of minerals wastes  15. Field Vignette. South Africa’s underground women miners  16. Field Vignette. Sapphire mining, water, and maternal health in Madagascar  Part IV: Reconciling scales of mining governance 17. Strategies for working with artisanal and small-scale miners in sub-Saharan Africa 18. Artisanal and small-scale mining community health, safety, and sanitation: a water focus  19. Gauging the effectiveness of certification schemes and standards for responsible mining in Africa  20. Field Vignette. The Australia–Africa Minerals and Energy Group (AAMEG)   21. Field Vignette. Sourcing "conflict-free" minerals from Central Africa  CONCLUSION: a multi-faceted fortune