What do we know about the mineral resource rent sharing in Africa?
| Autor: | Céline DE QUATREBARBES, Bertrand LAPORTE |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I (UdA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Développement International (FERDI), Etudes & Documents - Publications, CERDI |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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L78
Mineral Tax taxation Mineral Tax Resource Rent Tax developing countries JEL: H - Public Economics/H.H2 - Taxation Subsidies and Revenue/H.H2.H25 - Business Taxes and Subsidies JEL: L - Industrial Organization/L.L7 - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction/L.L7.L71 - Mining Extraction and Refining: Hydrocarbon Fuels H25 JEL: L - Industrial Organization/L.L7 - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction/L.L7.L72 - Mining Extraction and Refining: Other Nonrenewable Resources developing countries Resource Rent Tax developing countries taxation Mineral Tax [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance Taxation Mineral Tax Resource Rent Tax Developing countries jel:L71 jel:L72 jel:L78 JEL: L - Industrial Organization/L.L7 - Industry Studies: Primary Products and Construction/L.L7.L78 - Government Policy jel:H25 ddc:330 L71 L72 taxation [SHS.ECO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance Resource Rent Tax |
| Popis: | Governments that lack the capacity to mine resources themselves have to attract foreign direct investment. However, since resources are not renewable, countries need to capture a 'fair' share of mineral resource rent to promote their development. While the sharp rise of the world prices of most minerals multiplied the total natural resources rents by 2.3 between 2002 and 2008 (World Bank data), tax revenue earned by African governments from the non-renewable natural resource sector only grew by a factor of 1.57 (Mansour, 2014). The sharing of mineral resource rent between governments and investors is often criticised for being unfavourable to African governments. But what do we really know about the sharing of mineral resource rent in Africa? The aim of this study is to review theoretical and empirical studies on rent sharing in Africa and to note their limitations regarding knowledge of the actual sharing of mineral rent. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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