| Title |
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Digging deeper: how the DR Congo's mining policy is failing the country |
| Author |
Johnson, Dominic and Aloys Tegera |
| Edition |
PDF ed. |
| Published |
Goma: Pole Institute |
| Year |
2005-`12-09 |
| Pages |
111 |
| Serial |
Regards croisés; No.15 |
| Abstract |
This report represents the result of two years' research. Originally designed as a follow-up study to the Pole Institute study The Coltan Phenomenon (2002), developments in the Congo led it to grow; into an investigation of the metamorphosis of the Eastern Congo's mineral trade in conjunction with the mining policy being put into place by the transitional government in Kinshasa which took office in summer 2003 and is supposed to lead the DRC to elections in 2006. Dominic Johnson conducted interviews and research in Goma, Kinshasa, Bukavu and Lubumbashi as well as follow-up research in Europe. Aloys Tegera and Sofia Mikolo conducted field visits and follow-up research in North Kivu. The paper concludes the government's policies have not improved the living conditions of the local populations and have contributed to the ongoing conflicts in the region. While outside partners are encouraged to take over parts of the Congo's mining industry, the populations concerned have no say in the matter and the mining work they themselves do is not regarded as economically useful. The Congolese mostly survive in the informal economy, yet government policy regards the informal economy as only second-best to the formal economy even when the latter does not exist, and does not encourage people to develop their own livelihoods.| | More documents on corporate social responsibility
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Code minier de RDC (in French and English)
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www.pole-institute.org |
| Bestand |
PI-Digging_deeper-DRCminingpolicy_20051209.pdf (590 Kb) |
| Country |
DRC |
| Themes |
- Conflict
- Development
- Economy
- Environment
- Governments
- Human rights
- Labour
- NGO's (African)
- Society
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