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wtp398
 Setting priorities for environmental management: an application to the mining sector in Bolivia / Ayres, Wendy S.
Mining and industrial activities, if poorly managed, can damage the environment and leave behind contaminated materials which release pollutants for many years after the mines or enterprises have been shut down. Cleaning old mine and industrial sites is often extremely costly. Furthermore, cleaning up the sites may not result in appreciable improve [...]
World Bank; 1998 - 108p., Bibliogr.
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wtp429
 An environmental study of artisanal, small, and medium mining in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru / McMahon, Gary
This paper synthesizes a study examining the environmental performance of artisanal, mall, and medium mining in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Summaries of each of the three country studies are also included. Significant emphasis is placed on the viability of artisanal, small, and medium mines if environmental costs are taken into account as well as pol [...]
World Bank; 1999 - 61p.
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vander
 A Mining strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean / Van der Veen, Peter
This report assesses the current state of the mining industry in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), identifies and analyzes constraints to its growth, proposes approaches to implement the required framework, and extracts lessons from the ongoing reforms which may apply in LAC or any other region. Chapters 1, 2, and 3 examine the significance an [...]
World Bank; 1996 - 108p., Annex
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wps1304
 Informal gold mining and mercury pollution in Brazil / Biller, Dan
The Amazon region has been responsible for a major share of Brazilian gold production in recent years. The region has witnessed a sizable gold rush comparable only to the California gold rush last century. The gold rush has spawned a powerful informal mining sector and has attracted many people - some who have come to the region in search of wealth [...]
World Bank; 1994 - 28p.
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 The value of superfund cleanups: Evidence from U.S. environmental protection agency decisions / Gupta, Shreekant
Under the Superfund law, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for inspecting hazardous waste sites and for putting those with the most serious contamination problems on a national priorities list. The EPA then oversees the cleanup of these sites, suing potentially responsible parties for the costs of cleanup when possible, [...]
World Bank; 1994 - 26p., Tabl.
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 Popular participation in Bolivia: does law "participacion population" secure participation of the social bolivian population? / Aandersson, Vibeke
CDR; 2000 - 18p., Ref.
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impacts of mining
 Environmental Impacts of Mining: A Study of Mining Communities in Ghana / Mensah, Albert K.
Mineral exploitation contributes significantly to economic growth and development in most world economies. In Africa, Ghana is the second largest gold producer, contributing to about 5.7% of the country’s GDP. The mining sector in Ghana consists of both small-scale and large-scale mining, each of which has varying environmental impacts [...] ; 2015 -
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Industrial statistics 1958 and 1959
Central Bureau of Statistics; 1962 - 72 p.
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 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 [...]
Third World Network Africa; 2001 - 156p.
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ayres
 Integrated lake and reservoir management: World Bank approach and exprience / Ayres, Wendy S
This paper describes the challenges of managing lakes and reservoirs and the Bank's support of these activities. Specifically, it addresses water pollution, water withdrawals, diversions and lake reclamation; disturbances in watersheds; inappropriate introduction of exotic species; and overfishing. To alleviate the pressure on these water bodies, t [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 29p., Bibliogr.
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oecd
 Waging the global war on poverty: strategies and case studies / Halvorson-Quevedo, Raundi
Eradicating poverty has long been one of the priorities of development co-operation. Yet, despite undoubted progress towards this goal, the strategies adopted at the international and national levels remain controversial. Poverty reduction is a complex issue, involving numerous players in a host of economic, social, political and environmental poli [...]
OECD; 2000 - 235p., Bibliogr.
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grootaert
 Local institutions poverty, household welfare in Bolivia / Grootaert, Christiaan
The authors empirically estimate the impact of social capital on household welfare in Bolivia--where they found 67 different types of local associations. They focus on household memberships in local associations as being especially relevant to daily decisions that affect household welfare and consumption. On average, households belong to 1.4 groups [...]
World Bank; 2001 - 56p.
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 Pension reform in Bolivia: innovative solutions to common problems / von Gersdorff, Hermann
Bolivia's bold program of pension reform involved the immediate closing down of the old pay-as-you-go system and its replacement by a defined-contribution system based on individual capitalization accounts and managed by the private sector. The pensions of the old system will be covered by the Bolivian Treasury. Workers will receive compensatory pe [...]
World Bank; 1997 - 26p., Ref.
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conrad
 Issues in evaluating tax and payment arrangements for publicity owned minerals / Conrad, Robert
Many developing countries are still heavily dependent on mineral extraction to generate fiscal revenue and to earn foreign exchange. When minerals form a significant proportion of the country's asset base it is particularly important to have a framework to evaluate the adequacy of compensation schemes. Are these countries collecting enough in retur [...]
World Bank; 1990 - 80 p.
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 Assessment of Mineral Regimes in the East African Community: aligning Frameworks with the African Mining Vision
Economic Commission for Africa; 2017 - 87 p.
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An Outline of the new structure for the mining industry in Zambia
MINDECO; 1970 - 23 p.
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SWZ_M1077_7
 Annual report of the geological survey and mines department for the year ending 31st December 1961
The Department; 1961 - 35p.
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SWZ_M1077_6
 Annual report of the geological survey and mines department for the year ending 31st December 1962
The Department; 1962 - 49p.
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SWZ_M1077_4
 Annual report of the geological survey and mines department for the year ending 31st December 1965
The Department; 1965 - 48p.
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Ministry of lands, mines' and energy for the period january 1, to december 31, 1982
Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy; 1982 - 80 p.
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