Mineral extraction for socio-economic transformation of Tanzania: the need to move from papers to implementation of mining policy and law
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Date
2015
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Macrothink Institute
Abstract
Tanzania is endowed with vast quantities and types of resources whose extraction has been
central to the country’s economic growth. However, the challenge has been translating
growth in extraction activities into inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development
and transformation. Instead of being of benefit to all, mineral resource extraction has only
served to put Tanzania into the map of foreign capital flows but with limited benefits to the
local citizens. Drawing on academic literature, government policy and legal documents as
well as other secondary materials, this paper examines challenges of translating resource
extraction into inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development in Tanzania. It focuses
on large scale gold mining and local content provisions. The paper argues that having in place
a good policy and legal framework is nothing if it is not implemented to the benefit of local
communities and the entire nation. There is, therefore, a need to move from papers to implementation if mineral resource extraction is to be of any significance to socio-economic
transformation. This is very significant especially now that Tanzania has a new mining sector
legal and policy framework in place and is looking forward to making the most out of its
recently discovered natural gas.
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Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jsss.v2i2.7450
Keywords
Mineral extraction, Socio-economic transformation, Mining policy, Mining law
Citation
Poncian, J. (2015). Mineral extraction for socio-economic transformation of Tanzania: the need to move from papers to implementation of mining policy and law, Journal of Social Science Studies,Vol. 2(2), p160-175.