As mining activity generally occurs far away from metropolitan areas, governments tend to
forget the problems that communities in mining regions face. Centralized government …

There is abundant research regarding the impact of the mining industry on settlements and
communities, however, there is a lack of understanding regarding the characteristics of large …

During the last 20 years, the mining sector in Peru has been experiencing sustained growth.
Using census, administrative, nationally and regionally representative data we compare …

The main objective of this paper is to measure the impact of the mining sector on the Chilean
II region and evaluate the conditions that affect the magnitude of this impact. Using an Input …

Since the late Nineties, the mining sector in Peru has been experiencing a protracted period
of rapid growth. This paper investigates local impacts of the mining boom on migration, on …

In small, open, mineral-export based economies, the economic growth of some medium
sized cities is linked to cycles of boom and bust of export revenues due to commodity price …

Mining has been a major economic activity in Canada for the last century. It has made a
valuable contribution to the development of the Canadian economy and to the standard of …

The extent to which local communities benefit from commodity booms has been subject to
wide but inconclusive investigations. This paper draws from a new district-level database to …

The relationship between the abundance of natural resources and socio-economic
performance has been a main object of study in the economic development field since Adam …

Extractive industries such as logging and mining are generally expected to bring significant
economic benefits to rural regions, but a growing number of findings have now challenged …