Regimes of Risk: The World Bank and the Transformation of Mining in Asia (Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy) - Hardcover

Hatcher, Pascale

 
9781137031310: Regimes of Risk: The World Bank and the Transformation of Mining in Asia (Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy)

Synopsis

With Asia as its backdrop, this book investigates the role played by the World Bank Group (WBG) in conceptualising and promoting new mining regimes tailored for resource-rich country clients. It details a particular politics of mining in the Global South characterised by the transplanting, hijacking and contesting of the WBG's mining agenda.

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Pascale Hatcher is an Associate Professor in the College of International Relations of Ritsumeikan University, Japan, and an Associate Research Fellow of the Groupe de recherche sur les activités minières en Afrique (GRAMA) at the Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.



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