The Determinants of Social Conflict in the Latin American Mining Sector: New Evidence with Quantitative Data

World Development

Volumn 78, Issue , 2016, Pages 401-419

  Haslam, Paul Alexander ^a   Ary Tanimoune, Nasser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environment; Foreign investment; Latin America; Livelihoods; Mining; Social conflict

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GIS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MINING INDUSTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84958247833     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.10.020     Document Type: Article

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