The Global Diamond Industry

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Roman Grynberg, Letsema Mbayi

      Pages 1-7

3. Social and Historic Aspects of the Diamond Trade

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Shifting Trajectories of Diamond Processing: From India to Europe and Back, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth

      • Karin Hofmeester

      Pages 11-43

   3. How Community Institutions Create Economic Advantage: Jewish Diamond Merchants in New York

      • Barak D. Richman

      Pages 44-86

   4. Transnational Entrepreneurs, Global Pipelines and Shifting Production Patterns: The Example of the Palanpuris in the Diamond Sector

      • Sebastian Henn

      Pages 87-115

4. Diamonds and Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. The Kimberley Process at Ten: Reflections on a Decade of Efforts to End the Trade in Conflict Diamonds

      • J. Andrew Grant

      Pages 119-142

   3. Diamonds, Development, and Democracy

      • Nicky Oppenheimer

      Pages 143-152

   4. Contested Diamond Certification: Reconfiguring Global and National Interests in Zimbabwe’s Marange Fields

      • Samuel J. Spiegel

      Pages 153-180

   5. A History of Diamond Treatments

      • Thomas W. Overton, James E. Shigley

      Pages 181-228

   6. Turning Rough Dreams into a Polished Reality? The Development of Diamond-Processing Capabilities in Botswana’s Diamond Cutting and Polishing Industry

      • Letsema Mbayi

      Pages 229-250

   7. Synthetic Gem Quality Diamonds and their Potential Impact on the Botswana Economy

      • Roman Grynberg, Margaret Sengwaketse, Masedi Motswapong

      Pages 251-290

5. Back Matter

   Pages 291-304

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The Global Diamond Industry: Economics and Development brings together a collection of papers covering various aspects of the diamond industry including economics, law, history, sociology and development across two volumes.

• Diamonds
• DeBeers
• Kimberley
• Process
• Development
• banking
• commercial law
• development
• economics
• Economics and Development
• Europe
• history
• industrial organization
• investments
• law
• trade
• investments and securities

• University of Namibia, Namibia

  Roman Grynberg

• Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis, Botswana

  Letsema Mbayi

Roman Grynberg is Professor of Economics at the University of Namibia. He was Head of Trade Policy at the Commonwealth Secretariat. He has published books on Commodity Prices and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and Small States.

Letsema Mbayi is a research fellow at the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis. Her doctoral research investigated diamond beneficiation policy in a producer country.

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