This article examines the relationship between foreign direct investment in the mineral sector and environmental regulation in developing countries. It argues that two major trends in global mineral investment have emerged in recent years: increased competition amongst developing countries to...

In the wake of the global financial crisis (GFC), governments in many countries developed Keynesian fiscal stimulus packages to reinvigorate their economies. Most of these stimulus packages contained a portion of measures that were labelled by governments and other organizations as ‘green’....