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Mining, Taxes, and Development in Guatemala: The State and the Marlin Mine
Author(s) -
Deonandan Kalowatie,
Ortiz Loaiza Paola
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
latin american policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2041-7373
pISSN - 2041-7365
DOI - 10.1111/lamp.12099
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , government (linguistics) , political science , business , fishery , geography , biology , philosophy , algorithm , computer science , linguistics
The objective of this article is to investigate the contributions, in terms of taxes and royalties, of Goldcorp's Marlin mine to the Guatemalan state and to the host communities. The article also seeks to assess the potential of these contributions to strengthen local and national government capacities and enhance national development.