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Ghana’s Big Test

13/02/2009

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66 pages long

Languages: English

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Oil’s challenge to democratic development

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Briefing note

Corporate Social Responsibility in the Mining Sector in Peru

22/04/2008

1 documents

73 pages long

Languages: English

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“This document has been prepared by Social Capital Group on behalf of Oxfam América. In it we discuss the Social Corporate Responsibility (SCR from now on) of mining companies that are now operating in Peru. Our approach is essentially practical, based in the analysis of the social behavior of these corporations in their relation with […]

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Golden Rules

31/03/2008

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Around the world, large-scale metals mining takes an enormous toll on the health of the environment and communities. Gold mining, in particular, is one of the dirtiest industries in the world.

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Hidden Treasure?

01/02/2007

3 documents

92 pages long

Languages: English, French

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In search of Mali’s gold-mining revenues

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Research report

Tarnished Gold

04/10/2006

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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Mining and the unmet promise of development

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Research report

Transparency Begins at Home

15/06/2006

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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An assessment of United States revenue transparency and extractive industries transparency initiative requirements

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Tarnished Legacy

04/02/2004

1 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

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A Social and Environmental Analysis of Mali’s Syama Goldmine

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Research report

Investing in Destruction: Glamis Gold

14/11/2003

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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A new claim under the investment rules in Chapter 11 of NAFTA has been initiated by Glamis Gold, a Canadian mining company that has demanded $50 million in compensation from the US because of California restrictions on open-pit gold mining. The initiation of the claim reinforces the threats to environmental laws from investment rules, and […]

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Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation?

09/04/2003

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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World Bank Group Support for Extractive Industries in Africa

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Digging to Development?

23/09/2002

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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A historical look at mining and economic development. Large scale mining has had serious environmental and social impacts on poor communities around the world. Yet international financial institutions such as the World Bank continue to promote mining in developing countries. They justify this in part on the apparent success rich countries like the US, Canada […]

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