The Need to Move from Papers to Implementation of Mining Policy and Law
The paper argues that having in place a good policy and legal framework is nothing if it is not implemented for the benefit of local communities and the entire nation. There is, therefore, a need to move from papers to Journal of Social Science Studies ISSN 2329-9150 2015, Vol. 2, No. 2 161 http://jsss.macrothink.org implementation if mineral resource extraction is to be of any significance to socio-economic transformation. This is very significant especially now that Tanzania has a new mining sector legal and policy framework in place and is looking forward to making the most out of its recently discovered natural gas.
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