Mining Development and Social Conflicts in Africa

This book compiles the in-depth, background research that informed the publication Boom and Dislocation (Third World Network- Africa, 2001). The contributors explore the role of mining in the development of mineral endowed economies, continent-wide in Africa. They consider the role of World Bank, IMF and bilateral lenders; the environmental issues unleashed by the mining boom, and possible technological solutions; and the social conflicts engendered by mining in Africa.Third World Network, Africa Secretariat Staff is the author of 'Mining Development and Social Conflicts in Africa ', published 2002 under ISBN 9789988602987 and ISBN 9988602987.