The role of corporate social responsibility on sustainabledevelopment : a case study of the mining community in the Obuasi municipality

2009

Master thesis in development management- Universitetet i Agder 2009 The thesis explores and explains Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its impact on the sustainable development of people living in a gold mining community, Obuasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Through observations, document analysis and conduction of interviews of the local citizens, it seeks to assess the impact of gold mining operations on various aspects of the lives of the local people. Usually described the gateway to Africa, Ghana is known as a peaceful and democratic country in the sub region with fairly strong economic indicators (CIA, 2009). Generally described as the oldest surviving mines in the country, …