Diamonds /

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Author / Creator:Smillie, Ian.
Imprint:Cambridge ; Malden : Polity Press, [2014]
©2014
Description:vii, 188 pages ; 21 cm.
Language:English
Series:Resources series
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9951870
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ISBN:9780745672304
0745672302
9780745672311
0745672310
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-183) and index.
Summary:"Diamonds brings together for the first time all aspects of the diamond industry. In it, Ian Smillie, former UN Security Council investigator and leading figure in the blood diamonds campaign, offers a comprehensive analysis of the history and structure of today's diamond trade, the struggle for effective regulation, and the challenges ahead. There is, he argues, greater diversification and competition than ever before, but, thanks to changed attitudes and greater transparency, this coveted and prestigious gem now represents a fragile but renewed opportunity for development in some of the world's poorest nations. This part of the diamond story has rarely been told."--Back cover.