German Development Economics Conference 2024

Session

Parallel Session 2

23 May 2024, 15:15

Leibniz Universität Hannover

163. The dynamics of cattle expansion and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Nikolas Kuschnig (Vienna University of Economics and Business)

23/05/2024, 15:15

Environmental Economics and Sustainability

Parallel Session

Demand for agricultural products is a major driver of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. However, it is well known that newly deforested land is relatively unproductive, and agricultural products are barred from the predominant agriculture supply chains. An alternative, intermediate channel is the appropriation of unclaimed public land, where forest is cut and agricultural activity feigned...

201. Mining for Evidence: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)’s Impact in Africa

Guenther Isabel (ETH Zurich)

23/05/2024, 15:45

Other

Parallel Session

The debate on the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities by mining companies on local development has largely been based on anecdotal rather than empirical evidence. We provide empirical evidence on the impact of CSR of large-scale industrial mining companies on education, child undernutrition and household wealth in 14 African countries between 2010 and 2019. We combine a...