Screen LibraryNatural resources and local livelihoods in the great lakes region of Africa A political economy perspective /
This book looks at how the benefits of economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa are not being equally distributed. It studies the impact of the increasing scramble for natural resources upon local livelihoods and considers the ambiguities that characterise the relationship between mi...
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| Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230304994 |
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This book looks at how the benefits of economic development in the Great Lakes Region of Africa are not being equally distributed. It studies the impact of the increasing scramble for natural resources upon local livelihoods and considers the ambiguities that characterise the relationship between mining and development. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230290259. |
| Carrier Form: | 296 p. : 8 figures, 1 maps, 21 12. |
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9780230290259 9780230304994 : 0230304990 : |
| CLC: | F036 |
| Contents: | INTRODUCTION : SETTING THE STAGE : THE IMPORTANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION-- S. Marysse & A.Ansoms PART I: MINERAL RESOURCES AND LIVELIHOODS OF SMALL-SCALE ACTORS Local actors versus global interests? Dynamics, trends and scales in the Congolese mining sector-- S.Geenen 'If you control the railway , you command the wealth of a country': Chinese involvement in DRCongo-- S.Marysse & S.Geenen Constraints, opportunities and hope: which future for gold miners and traders in Kamituga, South-Kivu?-- S.Geenen Money and masculinity among artisanal miners in Katan |