This study was commissioned by the UNDP Mine Action Team in response to increasing demands from mine-affected countries and donor governments for guidance ...

Mine action is essential for long-term peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction. Using new data, this paper explores the nexus between mine action ...

Tanzania is a relatively new mining country, and mining has become a hotly debated issue in the country. There is a feeling among both local people and ...

Tanzania is a 'new' mining country, and foreign investment in the mining sector has caused controversies. Government revenues from mining increased from ...

Since the mid-1980s, 32 countries around the world have adopted community development requirements into their mining laws, while nine countries are in ...

This study is commissioned by the World Bank as part of the bank's initiative to build capacity in governance and benefit streams management in selected ...

In the last decade Mali has experienced a gold boom. Today Mali is Africa's third largest producer of gold and has one of the world's most gold-dependent ...

Zambia has a long history of disputed changes of the mining tax regime with damaging effects on the working relations between the Government and the mining ...

High environmental risks and questionable development outcomes characterise the mining industry. A myriad of small companies operate in competitive, high-risk, high-reward settings with weak institutions that fail to enforce regulations. Such conditions are highly conducive to corruption, violence, and environmental destruction.

Zambia has a long history of disputed changes of the mining tax regime with damaging effects on the working relations between the Government and the mining ...

Land in Meghalaya, India, was traditionally agricultural land, owned by the community. With increasing privatization and rising commercial value of land ...

This is a case study on Afghanistan which concentrates on a specific mine action project that focused on the reintegration of former combatants through ...

Large-scale mining of minerals and metals are threatening protected areas, and corruption is often to blame. International donors must engage with governments, ...

CMI senior researcher Siri Lange: "Who are to represent local communities in land disputes with mining companies? Pastoralists and land rights under the new mining code in Tanzania"

(You can also read the most important points in this publication in our blog: Steps to limit the endemic corruption around junior mining companies) This ...

Large-scale mining of minerals and metals are threatening protected areas, and corruption is often to blame. International donors must engage with governments, ...

-A 'good' natural resource tax regime is one that does not undermine - or strangle - the development of the ordinary tax system, says CMI researcher Odd-Helge Fjeldstad. Different segments of the tax system 'interfere' with each other. If the most resourceful companies and individuals do not contribute with tax revenue due to tax avoidance and exemptions, this will affect the taxpaying behaviour of others.

With a focus on the institutional set-up and the political environment as central to understanding and rectifying the poor impact of mining on Ghana’s ...

The 'Mine Action for Peace' programme Afghanistan. Workshop report Kabul, 29 April 2004 Arne Strand

This article looks at co-ordination within humanitarian mine action (HMA), and co-ordination between HMA and other humanitarian and development initiatives. ...