Blood Diamonds
Effective African-based monopolies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12337339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christian Dietrich (0000-0001-9258-0513, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 99-114 |
| Publication date | 2001-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Security Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1024-6029 • E-ISSN: 2154-0128 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10246029.2001.9628118 |
| OpenAlex | W2043312297 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Few issues are currently as haunted by rumours and allegations as diamonds. ‘Conflict’ diamonds fuelling African wars originate mostly in Central Africa. Vast quantities of rough diamonds pass through rebel territory in this region. In Angola, UNITA controlled the export of diamonds for many years. The main rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) tax and regulate artisan miners who sell to dealers. Both Angola and the DRC established exporting monopolies in 2000 to reduce smuggling and increase official state revenue. The monopolies were promoted as a means to prevent conflict diamonds from entering the legitimate rough trade. Both were meant to bring order to local diamond markets. This essay appraises their success by establishing whether state revenue, transparency and oversight have increased, and official outlets for conflict diamonds have been reduced. Principal foreign power sources behind the monopolies are examined and allegations of links are assessed, highlighting specific cases to present a more complete picture of the dynamics in the monopolies, seeking to separate fact from fiction
Democracy · Economics · Economy · International trade · Market economy · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Principal (computer security · Revenue · State (computer science · Transparency (behavior · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,04 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2002 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |