Natural Resources and Divergence
Natural Resources and Divergence

Author: Cristián Ducoing

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 3030710440

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Is the 'natural resource curse' destiny? Are different ways to link natural resources and economic development? Using two particular regions as case studies, this edited collection examines the divergent development paths of natural resource rich countries over the past two centuries. Bolivia, Chile and Peru are neighbour states with a common history and are globally known by their mining endowments. Norway and Sweden have also a strong common history, and different natural resource endowments (forestry, mining and fishing) are essential to understand their current economic success. By comparing natural resource management in the long run in these two divergent regions, this book can help rethink how developing countries can better take advantage of their natural resource endowments. Specifically, the book examines the interaction between natural resources and different key determinants of long-term development: trade, fiscal policy, sustainability, human capital accumulation and business strategies.

The Ashgate Research Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility
The Ashgate Research Companion to Corporate Social Responsibility

Author: Nicholas Capaldi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-01

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 1317043804

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In recent years the term corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained prominence both in business and in the media, not least because of the rise in power of the transnational corporation in an increasingly globalized world. It is one of the most debated management issues, yet there is a lack of consensus on what the concept means, what it entails, why it should be embraced and how. This Research Companion brings together a team of scholars from around the world to offer their view of the key issues in corporate social responsibility research. Each author is concerned with different aspects of CSR, providing a variety of theoretical lenses and a wide range of perspectives from different countries and experiences. It presentrs scholars and graduate students with a valuable guide to current thinking and a comprehensive reference to this increasingly important field.

'Civilizing' Resource Investments and Extractivism
'Civilizing' Resource Investments and Extractivism

Author: Wolfram Laube

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2020-11

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 3643910959

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Attempts to `civilize' the exploitation of natural and mineral resources are globally promoted. The body of rules and regulations -often the outcome of prolonged socio-environmental and political struggles- is impressive. However, the outcomes of their implementation are much less convincing. The chapters in this book show how international law is curtailing national and local regulation, while existing legislation is often watered-down, circumvented or reinterpreted with severe environmental, health and socio-economic impacts, particularly in the `global south'.

A Brief History of Peru
A Brief History of Peru

Author: Christine Hunefeldt

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2014-05-14

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1438108281

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Understanding the recent social unrest and political developments in Peru requires a thorough understanding of the country's past

Governing Extractive Industries
Governing Extractive Industries

Author: Anthony Bebbington

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-06-11

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0192552880

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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Proposals for more effective natural resource governance emphasize the importance of institutions and governance, but say less about the political conditions under which institutional change occurs. Governing Extractive Industries synthesizes findings regarding the political drivers of institutional change in extractive industry governance. It analyses resource governance from the late nineteenth century to the present in Bolivia, Ghana, Peru, and Zambia, focusing on the ways in which resource governance and national political settlements interact. The authors focus on the ways in which resource governance and national political settlements interact, exploring the nature of elite politics, the emergence of new political actors, forms of political contention, changing ideas regarding natural resources and development, the geography of natural resource deposits, and the influence of the transnational political economy of global commodity production.

The Indigenous World 2016
The Indigenous World 2016

Author: Caecilie Mikkelsen

Publisher:

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788792786692

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In over sixty articles and country reports, The Indigenous World 2016 provides a comprehensive update on the current situation of indigenous peoples' causes, their human rights, and reports on the most important developments in international processes of relevance to indigenous peoples during 2015. It is an indispensable guide to issues and developments that have impacted indigenous peoples worldwide. Indigenous and non-indigenous scholars and activists write the articles contained in The Indigenous World. It is edited and produced by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs.

Miners, Peasants and Entrepreneurs
Miners, Peasants and Entrepreneurs

Author: Norman Long

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1984-06-14

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780521248099

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Research report, case study of economic conditions and economic and social implications of regional development in the central highlands of Peru - examines the role of the mining industry and its impact on social stratification, social class relations and internal migration; discusses rural economy, the growing informal sector and the transition from household production to income generating activities in urban areas. Bibliography, graphs, maps, statistical tables.