The Ambiguities of “Environmental” Conflict: Insights from the Tolukuma Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea

Walton, Grant W.; Barnett, Jon

doi:10.1080/08941920701655635

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“…Education is particularly important as it can help communities more meaningfully engage with and benefit from development. Previous research has shown that education provides rural communities in PNG with greater negotiating power with the private sector and the state (Walton and Barnett 2008).…”

Section: Reporting Corruption In Papua New Guineamentioning

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The impacts of education and institutional trust on citizens’ willingness to report corruption: lessons from Papua New Guinea

Walton

Peiffer

2017

Australian Journal of Political Science

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Educated citizens are often considered more likely to report corruption; this belief shapes anti-corruption campaigns. However, we know little about how other factors may interact with education's impact on willingness to report corruption. This article examines data from a household survey undertaken in Papua New Guinea. We find considerable support for the notion that education encourages a greater willingness to report various types of corruption to officials. While our results indicate that this is especially the case when respondents believe that corruption would be addressed by the government, they also show that secondary and post-secondary levels of education can have a positive impact even among those who do not have much faith in reporting institutions. However, the results also suggest that academics and policy makers should be sensitive to the way trust in the state impacts educated citizens' willingness to report different kinds of corruption.

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Section: Reporting Corruption In Papua New Guineamentioning

confidence: 99%

The impacts of education and institutional trust on citizens’ willingness to report corruption: lessons from Papua New Guinea

Walton

Peiffer

2017

Australian Journal of Political Science

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“…The social and environmental impacts of mining, however, remain significant and are frequently negative (Atkinson and Community Aid Abroad Australia 1998;Auty 1993;Smith 2008). Academics, mining company representatives, governments and non-government organisations have devoted great attention to recording and analysing mining's impacts (For just a few of many examples, see: Emberson-Bain 1994; Vittori et al 2006;Jones et al 2007;Walton and Barnett, 2008). The book's focus on 'Mining, Gender and Sustainable Livelihoods' directs our attention to this range of issues-from land ownership and management to changing family or community structures, to increased prostitution or the spread of HIV/AIDS-mining has significant and abiding gendered impacts (Storey 2001;Kunanayagam 2003;Vittori et al 2006).…”

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Gendering the Field : Towards Sustainable Livelihoods for Mining Communities

Lahiri‐Dutt¹

2011

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“…[28][29]. Other scholars have argued that mining conflicts are caused not so much by environmental degradation as literature suggests, but by the unequal distribution of outcomes arising from environmental degradation and the process that causes it, or from the profits emanating from such activities ( [13], p. 5; [14]). Locals are often quoted lamenting that "what we have here is a situation in which the states producing the oil wealth go cap-in-hand and the non-producing far-flung states enjoy the wealth ( [14], p.…”

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Mining Conflicts and Corporate Social Responsibility in Kenya’s Nascent Mining Industry: A Call for Legislation

Abuya¹

2018

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Much of the debate in Africa with regard to mining has been on the question on whether or not mining is good for development. While some scholars agree that mining is indeed good for development, others have argued that the structural constraints found in many developing nations render mining almost untenable. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been suggested as one of the ways through which the difficulties associated with mining can be ameliorated. However, CSR activities in developing countries, especially in Africa, have had a questionable reputation. Many view the few programs rolled out under this program as having done little in meeting the needs of the affected mining communities. CSR in Kenya's mining industry has, on its part, received very little attention. This work reviews mining conflicts in Africa and examines how CSR can assuage mining community disaffection over mining projects.

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The Ambiguities of “Environmental” Conflict: Insights from the Tolukuma Gold Mine, Papua New Guinea

Cited by 26 publications

References 17 publications

The impacts of education and institutional trust on citizens’ willingness to report corruption: lessons from Papua New Guinea

The impacts of education and institutional trust on citizens’ willingness to report corruption: lessons from Papua New Guinea

Gendering the Field : Towards Sustainable Livelihoods for Mining Communities

Mining Conflicts and Corporate Social Responsibility in Kenya’s Nascent Mining Industry: A Call for Legislation

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