Gold exploitation and socioeconomic outcomes: The case of Burkina Faso

Zabsonré, Agnès; Agbo, Maxime; Somé, Juste

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.04.021

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“…Loayza & Rigolini (2016) find that mining districts in Peru have higher per capita consumption, fewer poor and extreme poor, but higher levels of inequality. Similarly, Zabsonré et al (2018) find that the boom in gold mining in Burkina Faso has reduced poverty but increased local income inequality. Bazillier & Girard (2020) show that the effect on poverty reduction in Burkina Faso reflects the role of artisanal, rather than industrial, mining.…”

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Well-Being Dynamics and Poverty Traps

Barrett

Garg²,

McBride

2016

Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ.

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This article reviews the recent literature on the developmental effects of resource abundance, assessing likely effects and channels with respect to key development outcomes. To date, this area has received less analysis, although it is relevant to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals agenda, as a significant number of the world's poor live in African resourcerich economies. We argue that the presence of a natural resource sector per se does not necessarily translate into worse development outcomes. The natural resource experience varies to a significant extent. Countries with similar levels of resource rents can end up with significantly different achievements in terms of income inequality, poverty, education, and health. The challenge is to explain the different natural resource experiences. A pivotal mechanism behind the developmental effects of the natural resources sector is the type of states and political institutions that resource-abundant economies develop. 4.1 , . • • � -Review in Advance first posted on May 25, 2021. (Changes may still occur before final publication.

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Well-Being Dynamics and Poverty Traps

Barrett

Garg²,

McBride

2016

Annu. Rev. Resour. Econ.

124

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“…On the other hand, Loyaza and Rigolini (2016) have found that mining booms have increased income inequality in Peru, while Marchand (2015) provides evidence to a U-shaped effect of energy booms on wage inequality in Western Canada (with energy booms increasing wages in both the lower and top income deciles). Other countryspecific work has been less conclusive, with Zabsonre and Haffin (2017) suggesting that gold mining reduces poverty, but has no impact on income inequality, in Burkina Faso, and Tano and Stjernstrom (2016) showing that the mining boom in Sweden increased labor income even in industries not directly related to mining.…”

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Natural resources and income inequality in developed countries: synthetic control method evidence

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We examine the causal effect of natural resource discoveries on income inequality using the synthetic control method on data from 1947 to 2009. We focus on the natural discoveries in Denmark, Netherlands and Norway in the 1960-1970s and use top 1% and top 10% income share as the measure of income inequality. Many previous studies have been concerned that natural resources may increase income inequality. To the contrary, our results suggest that natural resources decrease income inequality or have no effect. We attribute this effect to the high institutional quality of countries we examine.

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“…The authors find that gold mining has improved access to employment and cash earnings of local communities and yield a positive impact on household expenditure. However, it is worth noting that mining may also reduce school enrolment and increase child labour, as illustrated by Zabsonré et al (2018) in the case of Burkina Faso. This latter finding reinforces the argument that despite an increase in employment and poverty reduction in the short-run, a slowdown in human capital accumulation as a result of mining activities may have adverse effects in the longer term.…”

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Mining and the Quality of Public Services : The Role of Local Governance and Decentralization

Konté¹,

Vincent²

2020

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Gold exploitation and socioeconomic outcomes: The case of Burkina Faso

Cited by 31 publications

References 37 publications

Well-Being Dynamics and Poverty Traps

Well-Being Dynamics and Poverty Traps

Natural resources and income inequality in developed countries: synthetic control method evidence

Mining and the Quality of Public Services : The Role of Local Governance and Decentralization

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