WORK PROGRAMS
Resource Endowment initiative
The objectives of the Resource Endowment initiative are to identify the factors that have allowed some countries to benefit from their substantial resource endowments through economic growth and poverty reduction and avoid the so-called ‘resource curse’. It also aims to determine some of the practical steps that can be taken by companies, governments, local communities and aid agencies to build such propitious factors where they are lacking.
In the interest of independence and credibility of the process, the research was conducted at arm’s length from ICMM, overseen by an independent advisory group, with two consultancy firms undertaking the bulk of the research. This was also conducted collaboratively with the UNCTAD and the World Bank Group. Industry involvement in the initiative mostly took place through an ICMM working group comprising around 20 companies and chambers of mines.
Please refer to the Library for all Resource Endowment reports.
CURRENT PROJECTS
FEATURED CASE STUDIES
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