التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Evaluating mineral revenue transparency in Eswatini against the extractive industries transparency initiative |
| المساهمون: |
Gerber, Leonardus J., Magagula, Malindane George |
| بيانات النشر: |
University of Pretoria |
| سنة النشر: |
2022 |
| المجموعة: |
University of Pretoria: UPSpace |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), Extractive industry, Transparency and accountability, COVID-19, Eswatini, UCTD |
| الوصف: |
Mini Dissertation (LLM (Extractive Industry Law in Africa))--University of Pretoria, 2022. ; In June 2007, the Government of Eswatini in its “Poverty Reduction Strategy and Action Plan” (PRSAP) committed to exercising fiscal prudence; prioritizing expenditures; improving infrastructure; human capital investment; removing obstacles to private investment, and implementing a conducive taxation system. In terms of the PRSAP, Eswatini aimed to ultimately eradicate poverty by 2022. However, Eswatini has been struggling to make judicious use of its natural resource wealth as a vital engine for sustainable economic growth that contributes to sustainable development and poverty reduction. To counteract this problem, the Government — in its National Strategic Roadmap 2019/2022 — called upon the Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy (MNRE) to unlock the mining sector and enhance economic activity within the country. While the targeted average contribution of the mineral sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) is 0.1 percent by 2022, scant information is available about the performance of the mining sector and its contribution to the country’s GDP. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the African Economic Outlook report of 2021 indicates that the economy of Eswatini has contracted by an estimated 3.2% in the year 2020 – after growing by 2.2% in 2019. It also states that investment has weakened in Eswatini. In terms of the Central Bank of Eswatini’s (CBE) “Annual Integrated Report 2019/2020”, all sectors reportedly recorded slower economic activity compared to the previous year. Therefore, it is not surprising that Eswatini was also among the jurisdictions that were excluded from the Fraser Institute’s 2020 annual survey of mining companies – a strong indicator that the country’s mining regulatory regime is unstable and deters investment. Confirming this, the “World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report” of 2020, reflects that Eswatini occupies number 121 in the world rankings, while the Government had tasked the Ministry of ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
thesis |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| Relation: |
Magagula, MG 2022, Evaluating mineral revenue transparency in Eswatini against the extractive industries transparency initiative, LLM dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed 220626 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86919; A2023; https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86919 |
| الاتاحة: |
https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86919 |
| Rights: |
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| رقم الانضمام: |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
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