ABSTRACT
This chapter explores relationships between mining, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and development in the case of Namibia. It explains the literature for more CSR research in developing world contexts as part of moving the CSR research agenda forward and giving it a more “southern” orientation. The chapter argues that scholars should look at more specific industries, and at original developing world contexts going beyond relatively well-studied countries such as South Africa and Nigeria. It reviews the state of the field with a particular focus on CSR, mining and development in Southern Africa and Namibia. The chapter focuses on research carried out from 2007 to 2014 and the continued monitoring of industry developments. It also explains how context informs the nexus of mining, development and CSR. The five aspects of mining company activity considered are: assets or infrastructure investments; people, for example, employment, training; community development activities; macroeconomic aspects, for example, resource governance, taxation; and environmental practices.
