Resources

Mining: Partnerships for Development Toolkit (ICMM, 2006)

This toolkit tries to provide a systematic and objective way to quantify and agree ways to enhance mining’s economic and social contribution. It consists of eight modules through which the reader can learn on how to understand the social and economic impact mining has on the host country. The eight modules are the following: 1) Mining and the host country; 2) The participating mining operation and its economic and social initiatives and partners; 3) Measuring the mining industry’s contribution to the host country; 4) The proximate aspects of governance that help or hinder mining’s economic and social performance; 5) Measuring the participating mine’s positive and negative contributions to local communities; 6) Analyzing the life cycle impact of the participating mine on the host country’s macroeconomic aggregates; 7) Impact of mining on governance; and 8) Communicating your findings. There are a number of worksheet and database templates to help the reader complete each of the modules in the toolkit.