Governments And Mining Companies In Developing Countries

James H. Cobbe, assistant professor of economics at Florida State University, has been a lecturer in economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland, and the National University of Lesotho.

1. Introduction 2. Market Organization 3. Extractive Firms in Less Developed Countries 4. Governments in Less Developed Countries 5. Special Features of Extractive Industries 6. Bargaining 7. Case Study #1: Minerals in Botswana 8. Case Study #2: Copper in Zambia 9. Summary and Conclusions