Regimes of Risk [electronic resource] : The World Bank and the Transformation of Mining in Asia /
Hatcher, Pascale.author.
With Asia as its backdrop, this book investigates the role played by the World Bank Group (WBG) in conceptualising and promoting new mining regimes tailored for resource-rich country clients. It details a particular politics of mining in the Global South characterised by the transplanting, hijacking and contesting of the WBG's mining agenda.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures, Tables, Maps, and Boxes; Acknowledgements; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Into the Deep: The World Bank Group, Mining Regimes, and Theoretical Insights; Towards the last frontier: mining, risk investments, and the World Bank Group; Rolling with the punches: the WBG and the promotion of mining from a historical perspective; The social-developmental model: a critical political-economy perspective; Rethinking the state; Rethinking the political fabric of society; Conclusion
2 The Open Pit: Socio-Environmental Safeguards, Multilateral Meddling, and Mining Regimes in the PhilippinesIntroduction; The Philippines' mining regime and multilateral norms; Pressures from above: the Philippines and the mining 'crisis'; Towards a new mining regime: neoliberal incentives and socio-environmental safeguards; The early days: implementation of the Mining Act and its legal challenges; The Filipino state at work: conflicting interests and strategic choices; A strategic absence; The social-development model and the management of local demands
Human rights, politics, and insurgencyConclusion; 3 Mining, Multilateral Safeguards, and Political Representation in Laos; Introduction; The promises of a sector: the expansion of mining in Laos; The World Bank and the promotion of large-scale mining in Laos; By the book: community development and environmental protection in Laos; The World Bank, the SDM, and one-party rule; Heads in the sand: the technocratic management of socio-environmental risks; Both pedals at the same time; Conclusion; 4 Green Mining in the Gobi? Multilateral Norms and the Making of Mongolia's Mining Regime
IntroductionAll the desert's riches: the making of Mongolia's mining regimes; Multilateral norms and Mongolia's evolving mining regimes; Much ado about nothing: the populist scare; Setting the tone: Oyu Tolgoi's Investment Agreement; A mirage in the desert: economic and socio- environmental promises; Poverty, economic growth, and local development; Human rights concerns; Socio-environmental concerns; Conclusion; 5 Fighting Back: Resource Nationalism and the Reclaiming of Political Spaces; Introduction; The nationalist faux pas; Expanding political spaces
The Philippines: Noynoy's Executive Order No. 79Crunch time in Mongolia: the rise of resource nationalism; The WBG and politics: a cross-country analysis; Conclusion; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
With Asia as its backdrop, this book investigates the role played by the World Bank Group (WBG) in conceptualising and promoting new mining regimes tailored for resource-rich country clients. It details a particular politics of mining in the Global South characterised by the transplanting, hijacking and contesting of the WBG's mining agenda.
Political economy.
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Asia—Economic conditions.
Economic policy.
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