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Anthony Bebbington University of Melbourne “First Meeting of the Network of Mining Regions” Mining as Territorial Development Anthony Bebbington University of Melbourne Outline Rural Territorial Development Factors in success Challenges of RTD in mining regions Opportunities: learning from successes

Rural Territorial Development (RTD) Productive transformation + Institutional transformation, in A region with an identity (a territory) Leading to Economic growth, with Social inclusion, and Environmental sustainability (Schejtman & Berdegue, 2004; RIMISP, 2007)

Key factors in success Relative equity/inequality in access to natural resources Links to dynamic markets Proximity to urban centres Broad access public investment Coalition of diverse actors committed to territorial transformation (Berdegué, Escobal, Bebbington, 2015; Rimisp)

Challenges of RTD in Mining Regions Increasing inequality and then reducing inequality Requires efficient instruments for redistribution Commodity price effects Remoteness, market access and public investment The logics of compensation and CSR Can foster self-interested rather than territorially-interested behaviours Gender inequalities and inequities Difficulties in coalition building

RTD in Mining Regions Conflict But conflict is also Disagreement over prioritization, assessment and sequencing of objectives Generates costs Can undermine the social capital (ties, trust, alliances) necessary to build broad-based territorial coalitions But conflict is also Always present in development A chance to learn A driver of change towards inclusion and sustainability (Distinguish between traditional mining regions and non- traditional mining regions)

Opportunities: learning from RTD Build coalitions that have tension within them Not only the “like-minded” Work with conflict, don’t try and manage and quell it: you may get the mine, you may not get development Transparency and trust, transparency and accountability Co-production, “co-ownership” Respect for diverse ways of knowing

Opportunities: learning from RTD Protect and broaden access to diverse dynamic markets, support diverse capacities Broad access infrastructure: to build capacities, access and trust Independent institutions for rights and rule of law Gender, gender, gender

Summary Productive transformation Institutional transformations The mining sector Viable economies for those outside mining Production/market based economies, not compensation based economies Institutional transformations Coalitions not bilateral relations Institutions for transparency and accountability Rule of law for all Participatory institutions for territorial planning

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