Jan peter olters biography

Remarks by Jan-Peter Olters at the Regional Environment Center and Baker Tilly Kosovo Conference, Pristina, June 3, 2014: LIGNITE—FDI AND.
Interview with Jan-Peter Olters, World Bank Country Manager for Kosovo published in Koha Ditore on July 20, 2014.
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McGill University

Aisha AhmadStephen M. Saideman (grad student)Lawrence M. AndersonGeneral, United States History2001Hudson Meadwell (grad student)Canan AslanGeneral, European History2001Philip Oxhorn (grad student)Ersel AydinliGeneral, International Law and Relations, Middle Eastern History2003Rex Brynen (grad student)Venkatesh BalaTheory Economics, GeneralTamir Bar-OnGeneral, European History2000Hudson Meadwell (grad student)Darren R. BardatiGeography, Forestry and Wildlife Agriculture, Public Administration2002Thomas C. Meredith (grad student)Louis N. BickfordGeneral, Latin American History2000Philip Oxhorn (grad student)Timothy R. BlakeModern History, International Law and Relations, European History, United States History2004Elizabeth Elbourne (grad student)Mark R. BrawleyInternational Law and Relations, European History, United States HistoryRex BrynenGeneral, Military Studies, Middle Eastern StudiesRex BrynerGeneral, International Law and RelationsDaniel T. ByersCanadian

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Energy Mineral Operations: Sustainability and FDI

Lignite - FDI and Sustainable Development

Natural resource wealth—it can be a blessing, or it can become a curse.

As economic history has shown, too many resource-rich countries have, unfortunately, ended up accursed, with the populations suffering—rather than benefiting—from abundant oil and mineral deposits stored under the surface of their territory.

Rather than destiny, the path that a country takes is political choice that can be influenced by multiple stakeholders in government and parliament, in industry and the population at large.

In Kosovo, the abundance of non-renewable natural resources is a reality—one that represents a key ingredient of, and significant risk to, Kosovo’s socio-economic development potential.

Kosovo is very rich in mineral deposits.

The 10.9 billion tons of proven, exploitable lignite reserves alone represent—at current consumption levels—more than 1,300 years of secure supply.

In addition, the country has abundant deposits of ferronickel, lead, zinc, magnetite, and other ores that—if develop