Consensus Statement
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2012-10Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;African Development Bank;
African Union Commission;
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Africa’s considerable mineral wealth endowment ranks the continent first or second in known world reserves of bauxite, chromite, cobalt, industrial diamond, manganese, phosphate rock, platinum-group metals, soda ash, vermiculite and zirconium. The continent is also a major global producer of these and other minerals. These mineral resources represent a considerable asset base and an opportunity for broad-based economic development. Yet, Africa continues to suffer from a high incidence of poverty and underdevelopment even as the full potentiality of its mineral wealth endowment remains largely untapped due to structural and institutional challenges.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; African Development Bank; African Union Commission (2012-10). Consensus Statement. UN. ECA African Development Forum (ADF VIII)Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development.:(8th :2012, Oct. 23 - 25:Addis Ababa, Ethiopia). Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/23498”Conference
UN. ECA African Development Forum (ADF VIII)Governing and Harnessing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development.:(8th :2012, Oct. 23 - 25:Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)Collections
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