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Resource Cursed or Policy Cursed? US Regulation of Conflict Minerals and Violence in the Congo

机译:资源被诅咒还是政策被诅咒?美国关于刚果冲突矿物和暴力的法规

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There is widespread belief that civil conflict in poorly governed countries is triggered by surging international demand for their natural resources. We study the consequences of US legislation grounded in this belief, the "conflict minerals" section of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act. Targeting the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, it cuts funding to warlords by discouraging manufacturers from sourcing tin, tungsten, and tantalum from the region. Building from Mancur Olson's stationary bandit metaphor, we describe some channels through which the legislation could backfire, inciting violence. Using georeferenced data, we find the legislation increased looting of civilians and shifted militia battles toward unregulated gold-mining territories. These findings are a cautionary tale about the possible unintended consequences of imposing boycotts, trade embargoes, and resource certification schemes on war-torn regions.
机译:人们普遍认为,治理不善的国家的内战是由国际对其自然资源的需求激增引发的。我们基于这种信念(2010年《多德-弗兰克法案》的“冲突矿产”部分)研究了美国立法的后果。它针对刚果民主共和国东部,通过阻止制造商从该地区采购锡,钨和钽来削减军阀资金。我们以曼库尔·奥尔森(Mancur Olson)固定的强盗比喻为基础,描述了一些立法可能会适得其反,煽动暴力的渠道。使用地理参考数据,我们发现该法规增加了对平民的掠夺,并将民兵战斗转向了不受监管的金矿地区。这些发现是一个警告性的故事,说明在饱受战争war的地区实施抵制,贸易禁运和资源认证计划可能会带来意想不到的后果。

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