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Gold Mining (artisanal gold mining): Is it an engine of development in Mauritania?
(2023)
• In 2021, Mauritania exported approximately 13 million tons of iron, 20% of which was bound for Western Europe.
• The economic structure of this country is increasingly rent based.
• The extractive sector does not act as a catalyst for the country's development. Its contribution to poverty reduc-tion remains insignificant.
• Poverty remains a significant feature of the country, ranking 157th out of 189 according to the Human Development Index in 2020.
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Brazilian Development at a Standstill? Perspectives and Challenges for the New Lula Government.
(2022-12)
• Brazil has a standstill development syndrome as its development path swayed from extractivism to industrialization and back to extractivism.
• The prioritization of environmental protection and indigenous rights is the most significant novelty for Lula in 2022 compared to his previous governments.
• Lula's third mandate will not be a left-wing government due to the broadness of the coalition.
• Lula aims to improve people's livelihoods and reduce poverty by promoting industrialization. Therefore, international ...
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Argentina in the context of the global socioenvironmental crisis
(2023-07-26)
• Agro-extractivism has shaped the productive matrix during the last four decades in Argentina.
• Agro-extractivism not only does not satisfy the population's food demand, but also deepens the socio-environmental crisis, generating environmental depredation, health problems, economic concentration, and social polarization.
• To overcome the crisis of agro-extractivism in Argentina, it is necessary to transform the patterns of production, consumption and accumulation, which will require democratizing access to land ...
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Colombia and the Coalition of the Pacto Histórico: From Extractivism to a Productive Economy?
(2022-07)
• The new Colombian president Gustavo Petro pushes for a transition from an extractivist to a productive economy.
• He needs to address the country’s enormous inequalities to achieve long-term peace.
• Agrarian reform and tax reform are urgent and part of the government’s plan.
• Mining will continue to be a strategic economic sector and a potential source of social conflicts that can weaken the action of
the new government if a dialogue with the affected groups is not established.
• With the new commodity boom ...
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¿Transformación o persistencia del modelo extractivista? Los desafíos del gobierno de Gabriel Boric
(2022-04)
• La transición energética influye en las decisiones políticas de Chile
• Presidente Boric busca transformar el sector minero y generar neutralidad climática
• Las materias primas de Chile son importantes para la industria europea y sus tecnologías sostenibles
• Tres posibles escenarios futuros del modelo extractivista esta analizado
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Extractivism and political instability in the Tunisian Gafsa mining basin
(2024-05-28)
• Im Bergbaugebiet von Gafsa in Tunesien spielte die Phosphatindustrie lange eine zentrale Rolle.
• Trotz wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung führte die Art der Ressourcenausbeutung zu sozialen Unruhen und Protesten gegen ungleiche Entwicklung.
• Die sozialen Bewegungen, insbesondere der Aufstand von 2008, spiegeln den Konflikt um Arbeitsplätze, wirtschaftliche Teilhabe und regionale Entwicklung wider.
• Die Auswirkungen dieser Unruhen zeigen, dass trotz kurzfristiger Maßnahmen das grundlegende Entwicklungsmodell im ...