Neoliberal Modes of Participation in Frontier Settings: Mining, Multilateral Meddling, and Politics in Laos

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Neoliberal Modes of Participation in Frontier Settings: Mining, Multilateral Meddling, and Politics in Laos

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Abstract: After decades promoting highly liberalised mining codes, the World Bank Group has now positioned poverty reduction and environmental sustainability as the fundamental objectives of its involvement in the sector. Within this new approach, local participation occupies a central position, whereby a loosely defined mix of local associations, as well as residents of local communities affected by mining activities, is to have a voice in every stage of a given mining project. Building on t...

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2015

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Hatcher, Pascale

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https://hdl.handle.net/10092/102153

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Laos (Lao PDR) / mining / neo-liberalism / participation / World Bank Group / Engineering / Resources engineering and extractive metallurgy / Mining engineering / Human society / Political science / Environmental politics / Government and politics of Asia and the Pacific

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