Nick Parker Talks to BBC about Unexpected Impacts of U.S. Conflict Minerals Legislation [Audio]
Publisher: BBC World Newsday
Author(s): Dominic Parker
Date: 2017
Topics: Conflict Prevention, Extractive Resources, Governance, Monitoring and Evaluation, Public Health
Countries: Congo (DRC), United States
Dominic Parker, assistant professor of agricultural and applied economics, is interviewed twice on BBC World News’ Newsday program. The topic of conversation is Parker’s research on the impact of a lesser-known provision tucked into the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 that was designed to curb the violence caused by conflict minerals. Parker’s findings describe the unexpected consequences of the provision: higher infant mortality and increased violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where militias actually increased their looting to help make up for lost mineral mining revenues.