Are there blood minerals in your phone?

What is the relationship between minerals (such as oil, diamonds and gold) and conflict, authoritarianism, and poverty? Scholars have spent years studying how the so-called extractive industries – mining and drilling – impact people’s lives, their governance, and the environment throughout the world. How can countries so rich in mineral wealth remain mired in so much poverty? Professors Jeffery Mantz, Michael Ross and Suzana Sawyer discuss these questions with Dr Maria Armoudian.

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