mining

Myanmar’s 2016 mining moratorium substantially reduced violent conflict by cutting off armed groups’ access to resource rents and pushing workers into alternative livelihoods, demonstrating that deliberately restricting poorly governed extractive act...

Mines pollute their surroundings, including water flows. In Africa, new evidence shows that plants and crops are less healthy downstream of mining sites, with the largest impacts in fertile, densely vegetated areas and regions dominated by gold minin...

Anti-corruption regulation against multinational corporations in developed countries can increase the local economic benefits of natural resource extraction for African communities

Governments can use satellites and machine learning technology to reduce illegal activity

Increases in local mineral wealth raise both the likelihood of criminally charged politicians entering office and asset accumulation among incumbents

While the state benefits more from industrial than artisanal mining, only artisanal mines increase the consumption of local populations