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This synthesis report assesses the implementation readiness of the Dominican Republic, Uganda, and Madagascar against the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development's (IGF) Mining Policy Framework. While the countries show medium readiness in legal, financial, and environmental pillars, they are uniformly weak in socioeconomic benefit optimization and the management of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Key systemic issues include a lack of enforcement capacity, the informality of the ASM sector, and gaps in mine closure and emergency preparedness legislation.

• The assessed countries showed medium implementation readiness in the pillars of legal and policy framework, financial benefit optimization, and environmental management. However, a significant barrier across the Dominican Republic, Uganda, and Madagascar was a lack of human and financial resources and capacities to enforce and implement these laws.
• Socioeconomic benefit optimization was identified as the weakest area across all three countries. Mining operations are not legally required to support long-term health and education initiatives or non-mine business development, leaving such investments to the voluntary discretion of operators.
• Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) remains overwhelmingly informal, leading to pervasive child labour and unsafe working conditions. In Uganda, for example, only 5 per cent of ASM miners hold formal licenses, and governments generally fail to generate significant revenue from this sector.
• While environmental legislation for water and biodiversity is generally in place, there are critical gaps in emergency preparedness and transboundary impact management. Emergency preparedness plans are not required by law in any of the three assessed countries.
• Implementation readiness for post-mining transitions is low to medium. Common weaknesses include the lack of requirements for companies to follow international best practices, the absence of policies for orphaned or abandoned mines, and the fact that financial assurances for closure are rarely implemented in practice.
• The use of special contracts for large projects alongside general mining laws creates parallel systems of accountability and reduces transparency. In the Dominican Republic and Uganda, such legislation for managing these contracts does not exist, unlike in Madagascar.

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@techreport{1nd, author = {-1}, title = {{-1}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/mining-policy-framework-synthesis-report.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }