- 7 Sequences
- Intermediate Level
- Starts on July 12, 2020
- Ends on August 30, 2020
Mining for Development: The Taxation Linkage
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Course details
Syllabus
What you will learn:
- To identify stakeholders and their interests in mining, development and sustainability
- The costs and benefits associated with the mineral development cycle
- The two key models of extractive development (private-led and neo-extractivism) and their implications for taxing mining
- The concept of mineral resource rents, and the arguments for and against different types of mineral royalty
- Perspectives that are not usually foregrounded in tax debates, such as gender disparities, green fiscal regimes, and transparency initiatives
Prerequisite
Instructors
Tracy-Lynn Field
Professor of Law at the School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand
Wits University
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The University of the Witwatersrand is a South African academic institution located in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, in the historic Witwatersrand region. The university is nicknamed "Wits". It is the largest and most prestigious university in South Africa.
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