

@mastersthesis {7297,
	title = {Impact equity and {Canadian} mining in {Ecuador}: {A} case study of stakeholder perspectives from communities, government and industry},
	year = {2000},
	note = {MQ57215},
	school = {Dalhousie University (Canada)},
	type = {phdM.{E}.{S}.},
	address = {Ann Arbor},
	abstract = {The central theme of the thesis is impact equity, the distribution of costs and benefits, of large-scale mining among stakeholders. Currently, Canadian investment capital dominates mineral development throughout Latin America. The study is based on the premise that growing integration among the Americas creates interdependencies such that socio-political instability in the margins of one country may have negative repercussions on others. The case study explores stakeholder perspectives regarding the potential impact of large-scale mining on livelihood security. This livelihood security concept includes several components; subsistence levels and sources, resource user rights or ownership, sustainable harvesting, and basic services such as garbage collection, sewerage, treated water, health and education services, accessibility and quality. Interviews were conducted with representatives from stakeholder organizations, and included national and local government officials, management from two Canadian mining companies, leaders from the Shuar and Saraguro ethnic groups, subsistence artisan miners and peasant leaders. Analysis of findings indicates a clear rift between government and industry on the one hand, and community stakeholders on the other. Degrees of convergence and dissent are explored by looking at the various definitions respondents provided for livelihood security, and possible influencing factors such as proximity to mining activity, the nature and influence of stakeholder organizations, views on the direction of development and past experiences or attitudes towards large-scale mining. In addition, many of the issues raised regarding the potential impact of mineral development appear rooted in themes of long standing precedence involving impact equity and power disparity. Recommendations begin by drawing on suggestions made by stakeholder respondents and address specific issues that involve past inequities and present challenges.},
	keywords = {0326:Cultural anthropology, 0508:Finance, Cultural anthropology, Finance, Impact analysis, Mining industry, Social sciences, Stakeholders, Studies},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/304642388?accountid=14270},
	author = {Burley, Margaret Helen Lisa}
}
