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The relationship between mining and local community development
Dissertation (MSocSci)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/67829 The relationship between mining and local community development Bonnin, Debby mwape.mungu1@gmail.com Mungu, Mwape Unrestricted UCTD Dissertation (MSocSci)--University of Pretoria, 2017. This dissertation investigates how mineral resource exploitation intersects with development in Zambia. The main objective is to understand mining contributions to local community development and how these vary according to gender. The study draws empirical insights from Munali nickel mine in the Mazabuka district of Southern Zambia. Findings suggest that the relationship between mineral resource exploitation and development in Zambia has been restructured mainly due to neoliberal political-economic policies of the 1990s. One key outcome is that mining-led development in rural communities was seriously undermined. The research finds that mining-led development benefits men more than women due to the gender relations in the mining sector. Mining is traditionally considered a macho activity, which puts men at an advantage. The dissertation carries the argument that the implementation of IMF and World Bank-sponsored neoliberal political-economic policies compromised mining-led development in Zambia. A focus on neoliberal policies and ensuing privatisation made the country lose the development contributions which mines were making, especially in local mining communities. The subsequent introduction of development agreements did little to improve the situation. In fact, they worsened policy directions, with the country oscillating between tight mining regimes to relaxed ones. One outcome has been uncertainty in mines’ role in the development process, leading to limited benefits to Zambia’s mining communities. Overall, countries such as Zambia, where there is high dependency on mineral resource exploitation for economic growth, prioritising optimal taxation benefits tends to undermine mineral resource-led development, particularly in mining communities. Sociology MSocSci Unrestricted 2018-12-05T08:05:06Z 2018-12-05T08:05:06Z 2009/05/18 2017 Dissertation Mungu, M 2017, The relationship between mining and local community development, MSocSci Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67829> S2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67829 en © 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Unrestricted UCTD The relationship between mining and local community development |
| title | The relationship between mining and local community development |
| title_full | The relationship between mining and local community development |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between mining and local community development |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between mining and local community development |
| title_short | The relationship between mining and local community development |
| title_sort | relationship between mining and local community development |
| topic | Unrestricted UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67829 |