Board #38 - Formal and Informal Copper Mining: Economic effects on Peruvian Indigenous Communities

• In Event: 75-306 - Poster Session: The Role of State and Non-State Actors in Ensuring Human Security: Environmental Protection and Health Care

Brief Overview

Artisanal copper mining produces both immediate income and negative externalities for Peruvian Indigenous economies, reflecting the state’s failure to invest tax income from multinational extractors into essential local public services.

Author

• Owen Logan Legrady, Denison University