The ambiguity of transparency in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector of Tanzania
| Autor: | Finn Mempel, Esteve Corbera, Anna Frohn Pedersen, Jesper Bosse Jønsson, S. L. Bager, Jonas Østergaard Nielsen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich, Pedersen, Anna Frohn |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Profit (accounting)
media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 02 engineering and technology Management Monitoring Policy and Law Development Tax revenue Market structure Market economy 3305 Geography Planning and Development 2308 Management Monitoring Policy and Law 1905 Economic Geology 910 Geography & travel Empowerment media_common 3303 Development 05 social sciences 1. No poverty 021107 urban & regional planning Ambiguity Transformative learning 10122 Institute of Geography Scale (social sciences) Transparency (graphic) 8. Economic growth Economic Geology Business 050703 geography |
| Zdroj: | The Extractive Industries and Society. 8(4):101004 |
| ISSN: | 2214-790X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.exis.2021.101004 |
| Popis: | This paper examines the newly established mineral markets in Tanzania. These markets aim to ensure tax revenue collection and enhance the transparency of mineral trade within the artisanal and small-scale mining sector. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in the Geita Region, we show that the enhanced transparency facilitated by these new markets has benefitted artisanal and small-scale gold miners. However, the living conditions of the miners and opportunities for profit have not changed significantly and the miners do not expect that a more transparent value chain will improve their lives. Many miners continue to depend on sponsorships from more powerful actors, which narrows their ability to profit from transparent market structures. Based on these findings, we discuss the ambiguity of transparency, as its transformative potentials are both important and limited and we argue that transparency for small-scale producers is not a straightforward path towards their empowerment. |
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