Download or read book Development of the Mining Resources of Latin America written by United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and published by New York : United Nations. This book was released on 1989 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: UN publication sales no. E.85.II.G.5. Dated March 1989
Download or read book A History of Mining in Latin America written by Kendall W. Brown and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2012-03-16 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For twenty-five years, Kendall Brown studied Potosí, Spanish America's greatest silver producer and perhaps the world's most famous mining district. He read about the flood of silver that flowed from its Cerro Rico and learned of the toil of its miners. Potosí symbolized fabulous wealth and unbelievable suffering. New World bullion stimulated the formation of the first world economy but at the same time it had profound consequences for labor, as mine operators and refiners resorted to extreme forms of coercion to secure workers. In many cases the environment also suffered devastating harm. All of this occurred in the name of wealth for individual entrepreneurs, companies, and the ruling states. Yet the question remains of how much economic development mining managed to produce in Latin America and what were its social and ecological consequences. Brown's focus on the legendary mines at Potosí and comparison of its operations to those of other mines in Latin America is a well-written and accessible study that is the first to span the colonial era to the present.
Download or read book Mining in Latin America written by Kalowatie Deonandan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last two decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion and intensification of mineral resource exploitation and development across the global south, especially in Latin America. This shift has brought mining more visibly into global public debates and spurred a great deal of controversy and conflict. This volume assembles new scholarship that provides critical perspectives on these issues. The book marshals original, empirical work from leading social scientists in a variety of disciplines to address a range of questions about the practices of mining companies on the ground, the impacts of mining on host communities, and the responses to mining from communities, civil society and states. The book further explores the global and international causes, consequences and innovations of this new era of mining activity in Latin America. Key issues include the role of Canadian mining companies and their investment in the region, and, to a lesser extent, the role of Chinese mining capital. Several chapters take a regional perspective, while others are based on empirical data from specific countries including Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Peru.
Download or read book A Mining Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Technical papers that assess the current state of mining in parts of Latin America, and propose a framework for growth in the mineral sector. Specific coverage for four country groups: Mexico/Venezuela, Chile, Bolivia/Peru, and Argentina/Ecuador/Panama"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Download or read book Natural Resources in Latin American Development written by Joseph Grunwald and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assessment, based on statistical analysis, of the contribution of the natural resources sector to the economic development of Latin America - gives basic information on the evolution of production, consumption and export trade of natural resource commodities, and covers the copper industry, the iron and steel industry, the petroleum industry, coal mining, agricultural products (incl. Coffee, sugar, cotton, etc.), forestry and fishery products, etc. References and statistical tables.
Download or read book Large Mines and the Community written by Gary McMahon and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "International Development Research Centre."
Download or read book Large Mines and the Community written by World Bank and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2001 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large Mines and the Community: Socioeconomic and environmental effects in Latin America, Canada and Spain
Download or read book Report of the Meeting on Horizontal Co operation for the Development of the Mineral Resources of Latin America written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Social Conflict Economic Development and the Extractive Industry written by Anthony Bebbington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multidisciplinary book offers a comparative reading of the conflicts between large mining industries and peasant and indigenous communities in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, focusing on the wider political economy of extractives in Latin America.
Download or read book Sustaining Development in Mineral Economies written by Richard Auty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-26 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highlights the drawbacks of possessing natural mineral resources. These can quickly become a curse on the ore-exporting economies of developing countries leading to drainage of resources and the faltering of long term growth
Download or read book Mineral Industries of Latin America written by Orlando Martino and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mineral resources, mining, Latin America, statistical tables and statistical analysis - trends, industrial production, industrial policy, employment of miners, etc. Maps, photographs.
Download or read book Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Emily Sinnott and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The question of how to treat commodity production and how to manage recurrent cycles of booms and busts has always been a challenge for policymakers in commodity-dependent countries, including many in the LAC region. These challenges have led to allegations of a "commodity curse'' that retards development in these countries, but as of yet, there is no consensus as to whether such a curse exists, and if so, how can negative effects be minimized. This book contributes to this debate. Much of the report is focused on an examination of specific channels through which commodity dependence may affect the economic and institutional development of countries. This includes broadly 4 sets of concerns: one set dealing with the direct economic effects of commodity dependence and the implications for long-term growth; one dealing with the interactions between commodity production and the rents it generates on the one hand, and a country's institutions on the other; a third dealing with the macroeconomic challenges of managing the volatility of revenue flows, including the distributional implications at the household level posed by cyclicality of social spending; and a final set associated with potential negative environmental and social impacts. The book finds that some commonly accepted negative effects of dependence on natural resources are largely myths, while some are realities. But all can be managed, and the book draws on the best available information in existing literature as well as original analysis to provide practical advice on how to do so. It also presents descriptive facts and analysis of the impacts in LAC of the recent commodity boom, helping the reader understand the implications for the region's development and policies. It should be of great interest to policy-makers and analysts, as well as laypersons interested in the economics of commodity markets and their role in economic development."
Download or read book Breaking New Ground written by and published by IIED. This book was released on 2002 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Download or read book The mineral industries of Latin America written by Steven Mitchell Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America produces large volumes of a wide range of mineral commodities to the United States, Japan, and Western Europe. Latin American countries consistently rank among the United States' largest sources of mineral imports. The United States imports over thirty different mineral commodities from this area. The level of mineral development varies widely among the countries of this region. The principal factors responsible for this are the quality of infrastructure, the resource endowment, historical role of multinational corporations in mineral development, foreign loans, the level of State-ownership of mining companies and political and economic stability. Of these, the first three are the most important. The use of protectionist policies to promote mineral development is another important consideration. Politically-stable countries, such as Mexico and Brazil, tend to have more developed mining industries. The minerals industries of Latin America face numerous challenges in the 1980's. In addition to the problems created by the world recession and low commodity prices ore-grades are falling at mines throughout the region. Historically high interest rates have further compounded the serious foreign debt problems of Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Venezuela, and others. Analysis of past and present mineral production and trade of these countries reveals several trends that will alter the level of their mineral exports to western industrialized countries. Latin American countries are diversifying the composition and destinations of their mineral exports. Rapidly expanding steel industries in Brazil and Mexico will consume a portion of their iron ore, manganese, and fluorspar production, now available for export. Increases in the domestic processing of minerals will have serious implications for the mineral processing industries in the industrialized countries. Latin America will play a more important role in the world mineral economy as new projects in the region reach full productive capacity in the mid-to late- 1980's. Peru and Chile presently have the most favorable climates for foreign investment in the region. Recent liberalizations of their mining laws have increased foreign companies' interest in investing in their mining industries. Large foreign debts, and the lack of infrastructure, will continue to limit foreign investment and mineral development in Bolivia, Brazil, and Mexico. Mineral development in the region's minor mineral-producing countries will be very limited in the 1980's. Latin American countries have been the major suppliers of strategic minerals to the United States in previous wars and international conflicts. Political instability in southern Africa and the Middle East increases the importance of Latin America's mineral and energy resources to the United States. Latin American countries will continue to supply large shares of the United States' requirements of a number of minerals.
Download or read book International Oil Gas and Mining Development in Latin America written by and published by Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation. This book was released on 1994 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resource Extraction and Protest in Peru written by Moisés Arce and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural resource extraction has fueled protest movements in Latin America and existing research has drawn considerable scholarly attention to the politics of antimarket contention at the national level, particularly in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Argentina. Despite its residents reporting the third-highest level of protest participation in the region, Peru has been largely ignored in these discussions. In this groundbreaking study, Moises Arce exposes a long-standing climate of popular contention in Peru. Looking beneath the surface to the subnational, regional, and local level as inception points, he rigorously dissects the political conditions that set the stage for protest. Focusing on natural resource extraction and its key role in the political economy of Peru and other developing countries, Arce reveals a wide disparity in the incidence, forms, and consequences of collective action. Through empirical analysis of protest events over thirty-one years, extensive personal interviews with policymakers and societal actors, and individual case studies of major protest episodes, Arce follows the ebb and flow of Peruvian protests over time and space to show the territorial unevenness of democracy, resource extraction, and antimarket contentions. Employing political process theory, Arce builds an interactive framework that views the moderating role of democracy, the quality of institutional representation as embodied in political parties, and most critically, the level of political party competition as determinants in the variation of protest and subsequent government response. Overall, he finds that both the fluidity and fragmentation of political parties at the subnational level impair the mechanisms of accountability and responsiveness often attributed to party competition.Thus, as political fragmentation increases, political opportunities expand, and contention rises. These dynamics in turn shape the long-term development of the state. Resource Extraction and Protest in Peru will inform students and scholars of globalization, market transitions, political science, contentious politics and Latin America generally, as a comparative analysis relating natural resource extraction to democratic processes both regionally and internationally.
