East Africa

Mining and structural adjustment : studies on Zimbabwe and Tanzania

Upphovspersoner:	Chachage, Chachage Seithy L. | Ericsson, Magnus | Gibbon, Peter
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1993
Ämnesord:	Tanzania, East Africa, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa, Economic policy, Mining, Industrial investment, Gold mines, Legislation, Structural adjustment, Economic conditions, SOCIAL SCIENCES, SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP

The mining sector has played an historically central role in the economy of Africa, but large-scale investment in it declined after 1970. Structural adjustment and the dismantling of apartheid opens up the possibility of a revival of such investment, but also raises questions about the terms on which it will take place and the fate of local small-scale mining industries. These two studies examine tensions between large- and small-scale mining in Tanzania, and the emergence of new forms of relation between international mining houses and the national state in Zimbabwe.