Disrupted development in the Congo : the fragile foundations of the African Mining Consensus

Disrupted development in the Congo : the fragile foundations of the African Mining Consensus / Ben Radley.

Through a detailed case study of gold mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 'Disrupted Development in the Congo' reveals the fragile foundations on which the African Mining Consensus rests. It documents how foreign mining corporations in the Congo have been prone to mismanagement...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Radley, Ben (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
Series:Critical frontiers of theory, research, and policy in international development studies.
Subjects:
Mineral industries > Africa.
Mineral industries > Africa > Foreign ownership.
Mineral industries > Social aspects > Africa.
Economic development > Africa.
International business enterprises > Africa.
Economic development
International business enterprises
Mineral industries
Mineral industries > Foreign ownership
Mineral industries > Social aspects
Industry & industrial studies.
Industry.
Africa
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of acronyms
  • Note to the reader
  • Epigraph
  • 1 Disrupted development in the Congo
  • 1.1 Aims and contributions
  • 1.2 The African Mining Consensus
  • 1.3 Recentring the periphery
  • 1.4 The argument
  • 1.5 Outline of the book and methods
  • 2 The return and spread of the transnational mining corporation in the African periphery
  • 2.1 Stage one: Blame the African state
  • 2.2 Stage two: Roll out the corporation
  • 2.3 Stage three: Displace African miners
  • 3 Foreign mining corporations on trial
  • 3.1 SOMINKI (1976-1997)
  • 3.2 Banro (1995-2019)
  • 3.3 Enrich the centre, impoverish the periphery
  • 4 Disarticulation and alienation
  • 4.1 Assimilation to enclavity
  • 4.2 Stimulus to Northern economies
  • 4.3 Foreign firm expansion
  • 5 Wage polarization and labour fragmentation
  • 5.1 Low worker wages, high foreign capture
  • 5.2 Externally oriented wage expenditure
  • 5.3 Weakening of worker power
  • 6 Dynamic domestic accumulation
  • 6.1 A locally led alternative
  • 6.2 Internally oriented value capture
  • 6.3 Productive reinvestment and industrialization
  • 7 Marginalization and conflict
  • 7.1 Displacement, subversion, and suppression
  • 7.2 From peaceful protest to violence
  • 8 The fragile foundations of the African Mining Consensus
  • Appendix 1: Banro's financing history, 1996-2018
  • Appendix 2: Twangiza Mining suppliers by firm and nationality, 2010-2013
  • Appendix 3: Labour productivity of mining in South Kivu
  • Appendix 4: Worker wages and trader-manager profits at Kadumwa
  • Appendix 5: Twangiza wage distribution, 2017
  • Appendix 6: Estimating the buying price at Luhwindja, 2017
  • Bibliography
  • Publishers' acknowledgements
  • Index.

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