The Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is due to expire in 2025, a quarter of a century after it was first enacted. AGOA provides qualifying sub-Saharan African countries with duty-free access to the US market for most agricultural and manufactured products. Its architects and supporters point to AGOA’s noble motives and success stories; indeed, the case for access to large regional and global markets that support critical levels of transformative investment is eternal. But while AGOA remains relevant, it is grappling with overdue reforms and rapidly changing circumstances.
The pressure to hold miners and governments accountable for the entire field of known risks and externalized costs will certainly encounter resistance. But it will also increase operating costs and reduce the bottom line. At some point, the ongoing destruction undermines the social license of the industry and raises the cost of financing.
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which is directly related to the funding issues of private developers - would be synergistic. The announcement on August 11 that provincial governments will be allocated up to 1 trillion yuan in.