The paper argues that poor performance is not an inherent characteristic of minerals-driven economies. It considers mineral endowments a capital that can spur growth and reduce poverty in developing countries if deployed ...

The Africa Mining Vision (AMV) adopted by the African Union Heads of State and Government in February 2009 represents a paradigm shift away from a resource development model anchored on extractives toward one in which ...

SEAMIC is an ECA-sponsored institution created in 1977 to promote mineral resources development in eastern and southern African and facilitate access to mineral services to its members. ECA has been associated with SEAMIC ...