Inequalities in mining and oil regions of Andean countries

The difficulties of translating mineral richness into tangible development outcomes have been widely covered in academic research in the last decade. However, only very recently has the issue of inequalities in the context of extraction received attention. This paper contributes to emerging literatu...

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Main Author: Arellano-Yanguas, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Zaragoza, Cátedra de Cooperación para el Desarrollo 2017-11-01
Series:Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo
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Online Access:http://ried.unizar.es/index.php/revista/article/viewFile/255/pdf
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description The difficulties of translating mineral richness into tangible development outcomes have been widely covered in academic research in the last decade. However, only very recently has the issue of inequalities in the context of extraction received attention. This paper contributes to emerging literature by proposing and applying an analytical framework in which inequalities catalyzed by mining and oil operations are reviewed across three thematic axes (political, socioeconomic, and environmental) and three levels (between institutional actors, between territories, and between groups within a given territory). This systematic analysis uncovers the ways in which the costs and benefits of extraction affect institutions, territories, and social groups differently. In the second part of the paper, it is applied the framework to a mining operation in Peru (Antamina) and an oil field in Colombia (Rubiales). The empirical analysis reveals a set of contextual factors that influence the generation of inequalities.
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spelling doaj.art-8d573f8260b74c8e9f8b0c4365ce04d92023-12-05T12:08:35ZengUniversidad de Zaragoza, Cátedra de Cooperación para el DesarrolloRevista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo2254-20352254-20352017-11-01629812210.26754/ojs_ried/ijds.255Inequalities in mining and oil regions of Andean countriesArellano-Yanguas, J.0Universidad de Deusto (España)The difficulties of translating mineral richness into tangible development outcomes have been widely covered in academic research in the last decade. However, only very recently has the issue of inequalities in the context of extraction received attention. This paper contributes to emerging literature by proposing and applying an analytical framework in which inequalities catalyzed by mining and oil operations are reviewed across three thematic axes (political, socioeconomic, and environmental) and three levels (between institutional actors, between territories, and between groups within a given territory). This systematic analysis uncovers the ways in which the costs and benefits of extraction affect institutions, territories, and social groups differently. In the second part of the paper, it is applied the framework to a mining operation in Peru (Antamina) and an oil field in Colombia (Rubiales). The empirical analysis reveals a set of contextual factors that influence the generation of inequalities.http://ried.unizar.es/index.php/revista/article/viewFile/255/pdfextractive industriesmininginequalityPeru
spellingShingle Arellano-Yanguas, J.
Inequalities in mining and oil regions of Andean countries
Revista Iberoamericana de Estudios de Desarrollo
extractive industries
mining
inequality
Peru
title Inequalities in mining and oil regions of Andean countries
title_full Inequalities in mining and oil regions of Andean countries
title_fullStr Inequalities in mining and oil regions of Andean countries
title_full_unstemmed Inequalities in mining and oil regions of Andean countries
title_short Inequalities in mining and oil regions of Andean countries
title_sort inequalities in mining and oil regions of andean countries
topic extractive industries
mining
inequality
Peru
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