Historical and Empirical Basis for Communal Title in Minerals at the National Level: Does Ownership Matter for Human Development?
This paper explores the impact of mineral ownership on the resource curse as measured by the Human Development Index. We start from the basic assumption that the Earth and its minerals are common pool resources, and the sharing of benefits would improve development outcomes. Communal title to minera...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ce4a84b6473d4791a361c59f0a531ee5 2023-05-15T13:52:52+02:00 Historical and Empirical Basis for Communal Title in Minerals at the National Level: Does Ownership Matter for Human Development? Gary Flomenhoft 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3390/su10061958 https://doaj.org/article/ce4a84b6473d4791a361c59f0a531ee5 EN eng MDPI AG http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/6/1958 https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050 2071-1050 doi:10.3390/su10061958 https://doaj.org/article/ce4a84b6473d4791a361c59f0a531ee5 Sustainability, Vol 10, Iss 6, p 1958 (2018) communal title commonwealth mineral title national mineral title mineral rights national mining laws communal property titles human development index HDI common heritage of mankind communal ownership public trust doctrine sovereign wealth fund communal property rights Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3390/su10061958 2022-12-31T10:54:53Z This paper explores the impact of mineral ownership on the resource curse as measured by the Human Development Index. We start from the basic assumption that the Earth and its minerals are common pool resources, and the sharing of benefits would improve development outcomes. Communal title to minerals exists at the international level for the deep seabed, outer space objects, and, potentially Antarctica, and at the sub-national level through communal title to land, such as traditional landowners and aboriginal tribes. A comprehensive summary of national mining title laws for 199 countries was completed in order to determine if communal ownership is recognized at the national level. The finding is that this type of ownership is non-existent at the national level. The methods include historiography, extensive compilation of national constitutions and mining laws, and linear regression analysis. Ownership titles were combined into centralized and decentralized categories, and simple regression conducted to determine correlation with the human development index (HDI) for 199 countries. Initial findings are that decentralized mineral ownership titles are statistically correlated with higher HDI outcomes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Sustainability 10 6 1958 |
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This paper explores the impact of mineral ownership on the resource curse as measured by the Human Development Index. We start from the basic assumption that the Earth and its minerals are common pool resources, and the sharing of benefits would improve development outcomes. Communal title to minerals exists at the international level for the deep seabed, outer space objects, and, potentially Antarctica, and at the sub-national level through communal title to land, such as traditional landowners and aboriginal tribes. A comprehensive summary of national mining title laws for 199 countries was completed in order to determine if communal ownership is recognized at the national level. The finding is that this type of ownership is non-existent at the national level. The methods include historiography, extensive compilation of national constitutions and mining laws, and linear regression analysis. Ownership titles were combined into centralized and decentralized categories, and simple regression conducted to determine correlation with the human development index (HDI) for 199 countries. Initial findings are that decentralized mineral ownership titles are statistically correlated with higher HDI outcomes. |
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Historical and Empirical Basis for Communal Title in Minerals at the National Level: Does Ownership Matter for Human Development? |
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