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Assessing Employment Potential and Skills Gaps
At a Glance
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Needs for jobs and skills may change in response to market trends, technological advances, and changing circumstances over the life cycles of extractive projects.
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Potential employment generation by the extractive sector can be estimated using a variety of approaches, including bottom up estimates, proxy measures of employment generated by similar projects in other regions, and jobs multipliers.
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Factors influencing the job creation potential of a mining investment include its ownership, size, life-cycle phase, operational type, and need for ancillary construction, as well as the commodity being extracted.
Case Studies
Key Resources
- International Principles for Social Impact Assessment (Frank Vanclay)
- Projects and People: A Handbook for Addressing Project-Induced In Migration (International Finance Corporation)
- SEAT, Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (Anglo American)
- Simandou Social and Environmental Impact Assessments (Rio Tinto)
- Local Content Policies: Stimulating Direct Local Employment (Tim Grice)
Topic Briefing
This section discusses how it is important for governments can to assess the jobs and skills that may be created by an extractive project, and the skills that may be required, and determine which types of employment can draw on are most relevant for local citizens.