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The Global Diamond Industry

Economics and Development Volume II

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Roman Grynberg

    1. University of Namibia, Namibia

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  2. Letsema Mbayi

    1. Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, Botswana

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The Global Diamond Industry: Economics and Development brings together a collection of papers covering various aspects of the diamond industry including economics, law, history, sociology and development across two volumes.

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Roman Grynberg, Letsema Mbayi
      Pages 1-7

  4. Diamonds and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. The Kimberley Process at Ten: Reflections on a Decade of Efforts to End the Trade in Conflict Diamonds

      • J. Andrew Grant
      Pages 119-142

    3. Diamonds, Development, and Democracy

      • Nicky Oppenheimer
      Pages 143-152

    4. Contested Diamond Certification: Reconfiguring Global and National Interests in Zimbabwe’s Marange Fields

      • Samuel J. Spiegel
      Pages 153-180

    5. A History of Diamond Treatments

      • Thomas W. Overton, James E. Shigley
      Pages 181-228

    6. Turning Rough Dreams into a Polished Reality? The Development of Diamond-Processing Capabilities in Botswana’s Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry

      • Letsema Mbayi
      Pages 229-250

    7. Synthetic Gem Quality Diamonds and their Potential Impact on the Botswana Economy

      • Roman Grynberg, Margaret Sengwaketse, Masedi Motswapong
      Pages 251-290

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 291-304
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Namibia, Namibia

    Roman Grynberg

  • Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, Botswana

    Letsema Mbayi

About the editors

Roman Grynberg is Professor of Economics at the University of Namibia. He was Head of Trade Policy at the Commonwealth Secretariat. He has published books on Commodity Prices and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and Small States.

Letsema Mbayi is a research fellow at the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis. Her doctoral research investigated diamond beneficiation policy in a producer country.

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