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THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MINING: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BOTSWANA AND ZAMBIA. iii ABSTRACT Mining is an activity that many African countries depend on, and Africa's export-oriented mining and quarrying is driven primarily by the commodity hunger of …
Apr 23, 2018· Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Mining, Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative, Available at: (Accessed June 30, 2016). German, L, Shoneveld, G and Mwagi, E (2011). Contemporary Processes of Large Scale Land Acquisition by Investors: Case from Sub Saharan Africa. Occasional Paper 68. Bogor: CIFOR.
The next section provides an overview of mining in Ghana and discusses the link between mining, pollution and agricultural productivity. Section 3 describes the empirical strategy and the data. Section 4 presents the main results. Section 5 concludes. 2 Background Our empirical analysis uses the case of gold mining in Ghana.
Sand mining is a global activity in both developed and developing countries [36]. Exploiting sand from different sources has both multiple benefits (poverty reduction [37,38], economic growth [39 ...
nature of the CSR and financial performance relationship (Peng & Yang, 2014). The newly introduced EU directive that mandates large companies to increase its reporting on CSR related matters is likely to have a significant effect on Swedish corporations which previously have reported CSR activities on a largely voluntary basis (Government, 2008).
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. This paper provides an exposition on the environmental ...
and its effects on public health, agriculture and the environment. In addition, the legacy of mining has left thousands of sites in Africa contaminated by mining and associated mine dumps such as tailings and slag material. On the other hand, the number of studies …
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The full abstract: In this article I examine how metals mining companies understand and act upon CSR as risk management and the consequences for community CSR projects. I begin by exploring the literature on CSR and development in the mining industry, motives for CSR engagement in the industry, and risk and risk management.
(Adimazoya, 2013). Through corporate social responsibility, the mining industry may maintain its exemplary status among African countries (Abugre, 2014). The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationships between corporate social responsibility, environmental policies, and community complaints, and
Ghana The thesis is about small scale mining in Ghana. Ghana is a self-governing country which got her independence on 6. th. March 1957 after being colonized by the British. Ghana is located in West Africa along the Gulf of Guinea and was previously called Gold Coast because of the availability of gold in the country. It is also rich in other
Mar 01, 2018· Known as Ghana following independence in 1957, the extraction of gold and other resources continues and contributes enormously to economic development.3 Mining accounts for about 9.1% of Ghana's gross domestic product (GDP) and employs almost 300,000 people.4,5 Notwithstanding the role played by mining to the socioeconomic development of Ghana ...
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Mining is an important industry in South Africa, but it is also an industry with a damaging impact. Mining often pollutes the water, air and soil, and can disrupt farming activities and community life. Communities throughout South Africa struggle to defend their rights to their land, to their environment and to their resources when
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Cheng, Jian (2018) Evaluation of Economic Improvement in United States and China Pork Industry Through Modeling and Genetic Tools . Cheng, Yichuan (2018) U.S. County-level Impacts of Growth in China's Demand for Agricultural Imports . Chen, Hongzhi (2018) Social Brokerage, Psychology, and Innovation in Intra-organizational Networks
Master Thesis, Female and Gender Leadership Ainura Kadyrkulova 6 4. Methods for data collection 4.1. Research methodology and methods The process of collecting data that can present relevant aspects of methods, which is used in this thesis is articles, journals, books, and internet.
ITU (2008) added that the Telecom industry has witnessed a tremendous increase in subscribers' growth rate for all the mobile telecoms. But no study has been done to examine the impact of customer service in Ghana. Thus, the aim of this study is to determine the impact of customer service on the performance of Telecom companies in Ghana.
with the industry employing close to about a million people.5 The mining sector in South Africa is the highest contributor to the country's economy. Gold mining alone accounts for 27.4% of the mineral revenues and employs 56 percent of the mine labour force.6 Likewise, the mining sector in Ghana is one of the chief contributors to the Ghanaian
The world of work has changed dramatically. Globalization affects the structure of workplaces, the way work is performed, and occupational safety and health (OSH). Despite great strides in improving OSH during the past century, an estimated 317 million nonfatal occupational injuries and 321,000 occupational fatalities occur globally each year, that is, 151 workers sustain a work-related ...
Jun 09, 2017· Mining industry and legacy impacts. Mining activities are not new and indeed may have started in Neolithic (Chalcolithic) times to obtain the first metals for tool fabrication (Reardon 2011). In the Classic Greece and in the Roman Empire, many mines were exploited for production of iron, lead, copper, gold, and other metals.
Among the public and private sector institutions in Ghana, the mining industry can be seen as one of the oldest industries known to play a central role in the economic development of the country. Yet the mining industry has a problem of health-related illnesses and diseases where
Artisanal and small-scale mining is also the source of the largest releases of mercury, estimated at 1,400 tonnes per year in 2011 according to the Minamata Convention. Exposure to mercury can have serious health impacts, including irreversible brain damage.
Indeed the impact of mining on the environment and population, although it is often known, must be researched. However, without regulation in the economic and political levels, the impact on local populations could remain largely negative. According to "World Gold Analyst" West Africa is the region where, over the last five years, most
Aug 11, 2021· Novel CSR & novel coronavirus: corporate social responsibility inside the frame of coronavirus pandemic in Greece. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) becomes popular as big international firms gain more power than states and global issues engender concerns to …
e ect of mining on agricultural output and productivity in Ghana. We focus on gold mining, the most important extractive industry in Ghana in terms of export value and scal revenue. The industry has experienced a boom since the late 1990s, mostly driven by the expansion and opening of …
The study showed that leadership is very essential for the effective implementation of CSR initiatives. The study identified transformational leadership style as the most appropriate in the context of the mining industry as it enhanced the development of the CSR concept and helped to mitigate the impact of mining activities on the communities.
Microsoft, two well-known multinational corporations in the information technology industry that bring enormous impact to the world. Lastly, I will conclude and summarize the significance of corporate social responsibility through the case studies of the two companies. Definition of …
Sep 18, 2013· Mining is an important social and economic activity in many African countries. About 69 % of African countries rely on the mining industry as the largest export sector (Sinkala 2009).Mineral exports contribute between 25 % and 90 % of the annual export earnings of 13 African countries (Ericsson 1991).In Ghana, the mining sector accounts for an average of 11.88 % of government …
Industry Submitted by Marita Raderbauer to the University of Exeter as a thesis for the degree of Master of Sciences September 2011 This dissertation is an original piece of work, I acknowledge that I have read and understood the ... CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
Sadik, Aimann, "Corporate Social Responsibility and the Gold Mining Industry : The Ghana Experience" (2013). Theses, Dissertations and Culminating Projects. 30. https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/etd/30 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by Montclair State University Digital Commons. It has
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Sep 20, 2016· The mining industry impacts. directly on the macro-economy by improving. infrastructure, increasing employment, developing rural communities and enabling. new spin-offs and downstream businesses ...
THE IMPACT OF COAL MINING ON THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF RURAL COMMUNITIES IN MOZAMBIQUE: A CASE STUDY OF CATEME . Antonio Macheve Jr. MCHANT003 . 2014 . A minor dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Development Studies ... 3.2.3 Corporate Social Responsibility
This is to certify that the thesis titled 'Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on the financial and non-financial performance of select BSE listed companies' is the bona fide research work carried out by Mrs. Nalini Krishnan, student of Dr. D.Y. Patil University, Department of Business