The Local Impact of Mining on Poverty and Inequality: Evidence from the Commodity Boom in Peru

World Development

Volumn 84, Issue , 2016, Pages 219-234

  Loayza, Norman ^a   Rigolini, Jamele ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commodity boom; Inequality; Mining; Natural resources; Peru; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM; COMMODITY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; NATURAL RESOURCE; POVERTY; SMALL SCALE MINING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

PERU;

EID: 84965043239     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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