1st Edition
Governments And Mining Companies In Developing Countries
By James H. Cobbe
Copyright 1979
344 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
344 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the relationship between the governments of less developed countries (LDCs) and foreign-owned firms engaged in the extraction of minerals for export. It provides a fresh look at the policy aspects of the "resource bargaining" problems between LDCs and foreign-owned firms.
1. Introduction 2. Market Organization 3. Extractive Firms in Less Developed Countries 4. Governments in Less Developed Countries 5. Special Features of Extractive Industries 6. Bargaining 7. Case Study #1: Minerals in Botswana 8. Case Study #2: Copper in Zambia 9. Summary and Conclusions
Biography
James H. Cobbe, assistant professor of economics at Florida State University, has been a lecturer in economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland, and the National University of Lesotho.
