scholarly journals Assessment of the Governance Performance of the Regulatory Regime Governing Foreign Mining Investment in the Philippines

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vlado Vivoda
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hujun He ◽  
Rui Xing ◽  
Ke Han ◽  
Junjie Yang

AbstractTaking into account the limitations of the single weighting method presently used for the environmental risk evaluation of overseas mining investment, an improved extension evaluation method based on game theory was developed. The method was then applied to real data from the Philippines and used to establish the congener element object and classical domain of the environmental risk of mining investment in the Philippines, based on extension matter element theory. The optimal index weights, based on a balance of subjective and objective results, were obtained from game theory, the analytic hierarchy process, and entropy weight theory. This enabled calculation of the association function values of evaluation indexes in the Philippines and the environmental risk level of overseas mining investment. Finally, given the weighting and association function values, the environmental risk level of mining investment in the Philippines was determined to be level II (higher risk). These results show that the proposed model is effective for evaluating the environmental risk of overseas mining investment.


Significance The country's nascent mining sector is encountering both challenges and new opportunities as large-scale mining operations come in. Last month, four companies were granted licences to mine for minerals and precious metals in parts of Kampot, Mondulkiri, Kampong Thom and Kratie provinces. The national government considers that minerals, along with oil and natural gas, are critical for Cambodia's development. Impacts Mining concessions could be challenged by local communities when encroachment on community lands is suspected. The environment for foreign investment is likely to improve as the government reforms commercial law. A growing mining sector will need new transportation and electricity infrastructure. Corruption and state administrative capacity constraints could undermine mining sector development. Cambodia could lose out to more established ASEAN mining competitors such as Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar and the Philippines.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S27
Author(s):  
Teodoro Javier Herbosa

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