The sustainable development conundrum in gold mining: Exploring ‘Open, Prior and Independent Deliberate Discussion’ as a community-centered framework

The role of sustainable development in the gold mining industry has received much attention in the last decade. Yet, implementing sustainable development in this industry has become a complex exercise. Cognizant of the shortfalls in existing frameworks such as the lack of supervision and accountability, we propose a new framework to help enhance the potential contribution of gold mining to sustainable development. Based on in-depth interviews …