Mining for Development: The Taxation Linkage

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Stakeholders and their interests in mining, development, and sustainability must be identified.
• The costs and advantages of the mining exploration and development cycle
• The two main extractive development paradigms (private-led and neo-extractivism), as well as their consequences for mining taxation.
• The notion of mineral resource rentals, as well as the benefits and drawbacks of various types of mining royalties.
• Gender inequities, green fiscal regimes, and transparency initiatives are examples of perspectives that are rarely discussed in tax debates.