Mining-sector dynamics in an era of resurgent resource nationalism: Changing relations between large-scale mining and artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania

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dc.creatorPedersen, Rasmus H.
dc.creatorMutagwaba, Willison
dc.creatorJønsson, Jesper Bosse
dc.creatorSchoneveld, George
dc.creatorJacob, Thabit
dc.creatorChacha, Maisory
dc.creatorWengh, Xiaoxue
dc.creatorNjau, Maria G.
dc.date2020-09-01T07:18:37Z
dc.date2020-09-01T07:18:37Z
dc.date2019
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-20T12:01:02Z
dc.date.available2022-10-20T12:01:02Z
dc.descriptionAbstract. The full-text article is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.04.009
dc.descriptionTanzania's mining sector has long been dominated by two opposing scales of operations, large-scale mining (LSM), and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). From the mid-1990s, changing governments promoted LSM as a key sector for the restructuring of the economy through the generation of much needed foreign capital and increased fiscal earnings. However, a gradual shift in policies towards facilitating ASM, linked to the re-emergence of resource nationalism over the last two decades, can be observed. The paper analyses three types of dynamics that have the potential to improve the lot of ASM in Tanzania, namely increased efforts to enforce ASM rights, stronger support programmes, and the emergence of medium-scale miners (MSM) linked to global value-chains with the potential to bridge the gap between ASM and LSM and promote upgrading. Recent resource nationalist legislation also has the potential to promote more pro-ASM business models. This points to the increased political leverage of the ASM sector, which supports people in their millions, driven by electoral politics. However, from an ASM perspective the development is not unambiguous. Registration of rights to some extent remains ‘paper formalization’, the implementation of support programmes has slowed down, and MSM has so far been dominated by investors from emerging markets in partnership with local elites. Experience suggests that the continued emphasis on the redistribution of rights and revenues from foreign LSM may end up benefitting larger domestic business interests and state coffers more than ASM.
dc.identifierPedersen, R. H., Mutagwaba, W., Jønsson, J. B., Schoneveld, G., Jacob, T., Chacha, M., ... & Njau, M. G. (2019). Mining-sector dynamics in an era of resurgent resource nationalism: Changing relations between large-scale mining and artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. Resources Policy, 62, 339-346.
dc.identifierDOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.04.009
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2459
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2459
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectMining sector
dc.subjectLarge-scale mining
dc.subjectSmall-scale mining
dc.subjectResource nationalism
dc.subjectMedium-scale miners
dc.subjectElectoral politics
dc.subjectLocal elites
dc.subjectDomestic business
dc.subjectBusiness interests
dc.subjectLSM
dc.subjectSSM
dc.titleMining-sector dynamics in an era of resurgent resource nationalism: Changing relations between large-scale mining and artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania
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