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Comparative Study on Southern AfricaThe diamond industry maintains that Angola, Congo and Sierra Leone are anomalies, that most of the diamond industry in Africa is well managed and does not contribute to fueling conflict. It is further argued that conflict diamonds represent an extremely small percentage of world output. De Beers, for example estimates that conflict diamonds made up approximately 3.7 per cent of the world's diamonds in 1999. Our study will engage De Beers, governments and others in the diamond industry on this issue, and is undertaking a comparative study of diamond management in three African countries; Botswana, Namibia and South Africa. Botswana, South Africa and Namibia have been selected for several reasons:
Project output for the comparative analysis will include the following:
Research findings and publications will be posted as they become available in the RESOURCES section of this site. Search Resources using key words such as "diamond". April 2001 |
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