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Social Policy and State Revenues in Mineral-Rich Contexts

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Mineral Rents and the Financing of Social Policy

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At the time of writing1 it seemed that the different impacts and implications of the recent economic crisis - which occurred mostly in developed economies, but was spreading towards the developing world - would also affect mineral-rich developing countries (MDCs) by reducing both demand for and prices of minerals and metals. Yet, this effect is still to be seen. The economies of mineral-importing countries such as China and India do not seem to be shrinking significantly - at least not to the same extent as those of the countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).2 Furthermore, it is expected that measures taken to prompt economic recovery all over the world will again stimulate the expansion of mineral industries - an expansion that is more likely to occur in MDCs, since the constraints on developing mining activities in Western Europe and North America are stronger (Otto et al. 2007).3

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    Katja Hujo (Research Coordinator in the Social Policy and Development Programme) (Research Coordinator in the Social Policy and Development Programme)

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Hinojosa, L., Bebbington, A., Barrientos, A. (2012). Social Policy and State Revenues in Mineral-Rich Contexts. In: Hujo, K. (eds) Mineral Rents and the Financing of Social Policy. Social Policy in a Development Context. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230370913_4

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