The Myth of the Resource Curse: A Case Study for Algeria

This paper sets out to examine the neglected research area of corporate social responsibility (CSR) of the Mining Companies in Tanzania, and was guided by the following specific objectives: 1) to examine tax payment compliance of the mining companies in Tanzania; 2) to explore the extent to which mining companies donate local communities services in Tanzania; 3) to investigate the compliance of environment management Act of 2015; 4) to explore the challenges facing Tanzania in enforcing CSR of the mining companies. A case study design was used and the methods of data collection were interviews and documentary reviews. 74 respondents were selected by the author through purposive sampling. The findings revealed that there is poor practice of CSR due to none compliance of the mining companies on paying tax, environmental pollution in Tighthe river in north Mara, inadequate compensations to the relocated local communities in Tanzania as well as low contribution of mining companies to the National economy that have turned the Country into resource curse. Also, it was noted that some challenges such as weak legal enforcement and lack of government stake in the mining companies resulting into myth of mining companies’ social responsibility in Tanzania. It is therefore concluded that the government should increase its stake in Mining Companies as it is in Botswana and also establish comprehensive legal and regulatory framework for effective and efficient CSR in Mining sector in Tanzania.

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Unpacking the Resource Curse and Realism Challenges on Economic Development in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

10.4018/978-1-7998-8809-3.ch015 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 318-336

Author(s):

Germain Miteu Tshinu

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽

Resource Curse ◽

Mineral Resources ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Access To Education ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

The Third

The third theme of the book seeks to understand the role of mineral resources in the African continent's socio-economic development. The case study of the DRC is used to understand the role played by the state-owned mining company Gecamines to socio-economic conditions of employees and the country's development at large. Resource curse and realism theories are utilised in this case study to unpack the role of mineral resources to Gecamines employees' access to education and healthcare in particular and to the entire country in general. The chapter employed a case study design with a qualitative approach research in its endeavour of exploring Gecamines' socio-economic contribution to its employees. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with Gecamines' managers, unskilled mine workers, and the Provincial Department of Mines' officers.

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A Curse of Coal? Exploring Unintended Regional Consequences of Coal Energy in The Czech Republic

Moravian Geographical Reports ◽

10.2478/mgr-2014-0012 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 55-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Bohumil Frantál ◽

Eva Nováková

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Power Plants ◽

Resource Curse ◽

District Heating ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Socioeconomic Characteristics ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Coal Power Plants ◽

Coal Power

Abstract Focusing on coal energy from a geographical perspective, the unintended regional consequences of coal mining and combustion in the Czech Republic are discussed and analysed in terms of the environmental injustice and resource curse theories. The explorative case study attempts to identify significant associations between the spatially uneven distribution of coal power plants and the environmental and socioeconomic characteristics and development trends of affected areas. The findings indicate that the coal industries have contributed to slightly above average incomes and pensions, and have provided households with some technical services such as district heating. However, these positive effects have come at high environmental and health costs paid by the local populations. Above average rates of unemployment, homelessness and crime indicate that the benefits have been unevenly distributed economically. A higher proportion of uneducated people and ethnic minorities in affected districts suggest that coal energy is environmentally unjust.

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Research on Resource Curse Effect of Resource-Dependent Cities: Case Study of Qingyang, Jinchang and Baiyin in China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11010091 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 91 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Chenyu Lu ◽

Dai Wang ◽

Peng Meng ◽

Jiaqi Yang ◽

Min Pang ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Economic Development ◽

Resource Curse ◽

Economic Recession ◽

Resource Development ◽

Dutch Disease ◽

Development Economic ◽

Small Scale ◽

Different Types

For a specific small-scale region with abundant resources, its copious resources tend to dictate the basic direction of its development, and may subsequently give rise to an industrial structure centered on the advantageous resources. This can give rise to an economic structure that lacks diversity, causing the economic development in the entire local region to fall into the dilemma of the resource curse. The present study conducts a case study from the perspective of small-scale regions, incorporating various types of resource-dependent cities in China, including Qingyang, Jinchang, and Baiyin, to interpret and analyze the resource curse effect by calculating a resource curse coefficient. Moreover, based on the regression model, the present study further discusses the empirical relations associated with the resource curse phenomenon. The results show that, regardless of whether a resource-dependent city is in the early, intermediate or late stage of its resource development, economic development is always plagued by the resource curse effect to a certain degree. Resource development cannot promote economic development, rather, it inhibits economic growth to some extent, resulting in an array of effects that are unfavorable to economic development, rendering the development unsustainable. For different types of resource-dependent cities, resource curse effect exhibits distinct characteristics. The resource curse effect is strongest for a resource-dependent city during an economic recession, is less severe during a development period, and is weakest during maturation. Resource development not only has a direct adverse impact on economic growth, but also often affects economic growth in multiple ways and on various levels through the Dutch disease effect, the crowding out effect, and the institution weakening effect. Until now, most results show that there is no obvious resource curse effect at the national and provincial level. The verification results of small-scale regions show that the resource curse effect at the city level still exists. In addition, the resource curse effect differs across different types of resource-dependent cities.

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A Case Study on Vedanta Alumina Ltd (VAL) Orissa India: State and FDI versus Democracy?

Valahian Journal of Economic Studies ◽

10.1515/vjes-2017-0012 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 107-114

Author(s):

Leena Ajit Kaushal

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Developing Economies ◽

Resource Curse ◽

Policy Formulation ◽

Extractive Industries ◽

Indian Government ◽

Diverse Range ◽

Road Map ◽

Track Record

Abstract Foreign investment in extractive industries in the developing economies has seldom remained free from various types of controversies. Vedanta Aluminum Ltd (VAL) integrated aluminum project in Orissa is an important project for Vedanta Resources Plc. The project suffered major setbacks as the Indian government withdrew the permission for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri and issued a show cause notice under Environment protection act in 2010 for undertaking construction activity without obtaining environmental clearance for its alumina expansion project at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district in Orissa. This case illustrates how a decentralized policy and bureaucracy in a country like India deal with myriad problems of resource curse together with attendant consequences, despite the fact that as compared to several developing nations India has a better track record of legislative framework, an experienced bureaucracy and a regulatory framework. There are institutional rigidities and limits of public policy formulation and implementation which adversely affect a diverse range of stakeholders: essentially because economic growth priorities override all feasible considerations of protecting and furthering stakeholder interests. India is not the only state which has undergone such an ordeal, many developing countries have suffered as well from their relative inability to deal with the issues of resource curse; but this case study assumes further significance because based on the actual final decisions a future road map in terms of a realistic public policy both for domestic investors as also foreign investors in extractive industries will be decided.

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Dragonomics: An Internationalized Development Strategy

Dragonomics ◽

10.12987/yale/9780300224092.003.0002 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 29-61

Author(s):

Carol Wise

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Development Strategy ◽

East Asian ◽

Resource Curse ◽

Developmental States ◽

History Of ◽

Similarities And Differences ◽

Economic Ties ◽

Opening Up

This chapter argues that China’s incorporation of Latin America into its internationalized development strategy stems from China’s need for resources from emerging economies to sustain its domestic development, but this has highlighted the stark differences in institutional strength between LAC countries. To bear this claim out, the author examines the history of China-LAC commercial relations, as well as the similarities and differences between China’s developmental path and that of other East Asian Developmental States. Based upon three developmental themes, the author delineates six of China’s strategic partners in the region into three case studies: first, the free trade agreements pursued by Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru; second, the institutional resource curse suffered by Argentina and Brazil; and finally, the FDI export–led industrialization strategy adopted by Mexico. The countries in the first two case studies have built tighter economic ties with China, opening up more space for policymaking and innovation, while Mexico in the final case study has had less export-led trade with China and comparatively weaker economic growth.

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Lawyers and the “new extraction” in Africa

International Journal of Social Economics ◽

10.1108/ijse-03-2019-0170 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 46 (11) ◽

pp. 1305-1318

Author(s):

Sara Dezalay

Keyword(s):

Multinational Corporations ◽

Global Economy ◽

Close Association ◽

Resource Curse ◽

African Continent ◽

External Variable ◽

Content Type ◽

European Colonialism

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the ongoing “new extraction” on the African continent. Contrary to mainstream scholarship and policies that see in law an external variable to remedy the “resource curse,” this paper channels attention toward the role of law as an institution of extraction in the longue durée. Unpacking the close association of law with the conversion of economic surpluses and power into enduring social relationships can help trace the mechanisms by which the uneven and unequal connection between Africa and the world is being negotiated, justified and challenged over time. Design/methodology/approach To this end, this paper deploys an approach anchored in political sociology of law and focuses on the roles played specifically by lawyers to trace the “interconnectedness” between European colonialism on the continent and the consolidation of the contemporary international economic and legal political order. It illustrates this approach with the case study of the “Africa” Bar in Paris as a key site in which extractive deals between multinational corporations and Francophone African states are negotiated. Findings This micro focus helps to explain the dual position of the “Africa” Bar in Paris, as offshore yet connected as it is shaped by both imperial legacies and ongoing waves of globalization into the African continent. Originality/value This approach traces a more nuanced explanation of Africa’s unequal and uneven relationship with the global economy as one shaped by the path of imperial legacies and successive and interconnected waves of globalization across Africa.

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Evaluating ‘natural resource curse’ hypothesis under sustainable information technologies: A case study of Saudi Arabia

Resources Policy ◽

10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101699 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 68 ◽

pp. 101699

Author(s):

Muhammad Khalid Anser ◽

Zahid Yousaf ◽

Abdelmohsen A. Nassani ◽

Xuan Vinh Vo ◽

Khalid Zaman

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Natural Resource ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Resource Curse ◽

Natural Resource Curse

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Mobility of the elderly in Peru: Life course, labour and the rise of a pensioner economy in a Peruvian peasant community

Critique of Anthropology ◽

10.1177/0308275x16654551 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 380-396 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Susan Vincent

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Elderly Women ◽

Resource Curse ◽

The Elderly ◽

Industrial Workers ◽

Local Economies ◽

Peasant Community ◽

Resource Economy ◽

New Jobs

This case study combines economic and life course history to highlight new forms of inequality. While a previous generation of industrial workers had jobs with benefits, their children have become a precariat. Peru is no exception, despite its booming resource economy. In a context of continuing strong inter-generational ties, pensioners from the community of Allpachico support their precariat children and receive personalized elder care in return. State-funded community development through participatory budgeting, an attempt to stave off the ‘resource curse’, has provided residential services that can ease pensioners’ senior years. This permits them to choose whether to live in their community of origin or elsewhere. In contrast, elderly women and men without pensions may have to leave their peasant community homes to be cared for by their urban precariat children. Local economies that are oriented to pensioners’ needs, however, are necessarily unstable since pensions cannot be inherited and the neoliberal economy generates few new jobs.

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