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Unit 4 Macro: Can large scale mining boost Kenya?

Geoff Riley

15th September 2012

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Kenya has never had a large scale mining sector before but there are hopes that once production starts in the Kwale Mineral Sands Project in 2013, the income from mining will act as a catalyst to Kenyan growth and development. But many lower income countries are at risk of a natural resource curse - can Kenya successfully avoid this trap? And will this project lead to a surge in fresh investment to find what lies beneath the country's surface?


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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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