Governing African Gold Mining: Private Governance and the Resource Curse (International Political Economy Series) - 9781137563538

This book takes a fresh approach to the puzzle of sub-Saharan AfricaÆs resource curse. Moving beyond current scholarshipÆs state-centric approach, it presents cutting-edge evidence gathered through interviews with mining company executives and industry representatives to demonstrate that firms are actively controlling the regulation of the gold mining sector. It shows how large mining firms with significant private authority in South Africa, Ghana and Tanzania are able to engender rules and regulations that are acknowledged by other actors, and in some cases even adopted by the state. In doing so, it establishes that firms are co-governing AfricaÆs gold mining sector. By exploring the implications for resource-cursed states, this significant work argues that firm-led regulation can improve governance, but that many of these initiatives fail to address country/mine specific issues where there remains a role for the state in ensuring the benefits of mining flow to local communities. It will appeal to economists, political scientists, and policy-makers and practitioners working in the field of mining and extractives.

• | Author: Ainsley Elbra
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Nov 10, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 254 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 1137563532
• | ISBN-13: 9781137563538