Van Alstine, J and Afionis, S (2013) Community and company capacity: the challenge of resource-led development in Zambia's 'New Copperbelt'. Community Development Journal, 48 (3). 360 - 376. ISSN 0010-3802
Abstract
Relationships between the extractive industries, society and development are often symbolized by unfulfilled expectations and even conflict. The poor, rural, politically marginalized and indigenous communities often face the greatest impacts by the extraction of energy and non-energy minerals. This paper explores the challenge of resource-led development in Zambia’s ‘New Copperbelt’, i.e. the Northwestern Province. It demonstrates how Kansanshi, a mid-tier mining company, has struggled with various community development aspects from resettlement and compensation, hiring and employment, as well as local government interactions, to formulating a coherent corporate social responsibility (CSR) and infrastructure project strategy. Findings suggest that community capacity to hold Kansanshi and local government to account is relatively weak. Recommendations include aligning CSR strategies with district, regional and national development objectives, as well as building linkages between local civil society organizations (CSOs) and national/international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to enable communities around the mine to share experiences, lessons learned, and effective company and local government engagement strategies.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Oxford University Press and Community Development Journal. 2013. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Community Development Journal following peer review. The version of record Van Alstine, J and Afionis, S (2013) Community and company capacity: the challenge of resource-led development in Zambia's 'New Copperbelt'. Community Development Journal, 48 (3). 360 - 376. ISSN 0010-3802 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bst019 |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 Nov 2014 10:28 |
Last Modified: | 12 May 2015 08:50 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bst019 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/cdj/bst019 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:81760 |