Mining for Inclusive Growth in Odisha, India
This guidance note is about a recent mining boom in Odisha, that accelerated and diversified economic growth in the Indian state. However, the boom did not reduce poverty in the mining region. Meanwhile, unsustainable mining practices have severely...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26066129/mining-inclusive-growth-odisha-india http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23946 |
| Summary: | This guidance note is about a recent
mining boom in Odisha, that accelerated and diversified
economic growth in the Indian state. However, the boom did
not reduce poverty in the mining region. Meanwhile,
unsustainable mining practices have severely affected the
region’s air and water quality. Efforts to improve mining
practices will require greater capacity for planning;
reliable and timely data; and modernization of the
institutional and regulatory framework surrounding the
mining sector. A pilot project funded by the World Bank has
suggested the way forward in the Keonjhar-Jajpur Resource
Corridor. The resource-corridor focus makes it possible to
articulate a sequence of extractive-industry investments in
infrastructure, goods, and services and to integrate those
investments with other actions to be taken by the private
and public sectors so as to produce sustainable economic
development and diversification within a defined geographic
area. A better spatial understanding of the mining sector
can underpin coordinated regional planning to reduce the
negative effects of mining operations and to share benefits
more equitably. Finally, a responsible mining sector free
from conflict, irregularities, and illegalities can ensure
that India’s resource-rich regions are developed in a
holistic manner. |
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