One of the most significant multifaceted national challenges in Ghana is the spread of illegal gold mining activities. This type of informal mining is a major source of employment in many parts of a country. This study critically examines the contribution of illegal gold mining on development and poverty reduction in the AWD. In order to cover a range of livelihood outcomes, the study draws on the concept of sustainable livelihoods (DFID 1997) as an analytical tool to establish a relationship between subsistence mining and livelihood outcomes. However, the existing mining regulations have generated several loopholes in the small-scale sector, which has not only resulted in the spread of illegal mining operations, but also witnessed the mass...
Investigations were conducted to assess the effects of small-scale (artisanal) gold mining and its s...
The Illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (Galamsey) ‘Menace’ in Ghana: Is a Military-Style Appro...
The environment, its natural resources and development capacity remains a contentious element in the...
Within the past few decades, Ghana’s mining sector specifically the small scale mining subsector has...
The Ghanaian mining industry is a controversial one. Many believe that the industry has contributed ...
Since the implementation of the Economic Recovery programme (ERP) in 1983, Ghana’s minerals sector h...
Since the implementation of the Economic Recovery programme (ERP) in 1983, Ghana’s minerals sector h...
Small-scale mining operations in the study area are illegal (galamsey). Using the Conceptual mapping...
Illegal gold mining is arguably the most challenging national issue in Ghana today. This unbridled r...
Ghana is the second largest producer of gold in sub-Saharan Africa, and has experienced a significan...
Since the implementation of Ghana's national Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), policies associa...
Since the implementation of Ghana's national Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), policies associa...
Despite their enormous mineral wealth, communities affected by large-scale mining in Ghana struggle ...
© 2018 Two scales of gold mining operations, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale ...
The Illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (Galamsey) ‘Menace’ in Ghana: Is a Military-Style Appro...
Investigations were conducted to assess the effects of small-scale (artisanal) gold mining and its s...
The Illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (Galamsey) ‘Menace’ in Ghana: Is a Military-Style Appro...
The environment, its natural resources and development capacity remains a contentious element in the...
Within the past few decades, Ghana’s mining sector specifically the small scale mining subsector has...
The Ghanaian mining industry is a controversial one. Many believe that the industry has contributed ...
Since the implementation of the Economic Recovery programme (ERP) in 1983, Ghana’s minerals sector h...
Since the implementation of the Economic Recovery programme (ERP) in 1983, Ghana’s minerals sector h...
Small-scale mining operations in the study area are illegal (galamsey). Using the Conceptual mapping...
Illegal gold mining is arguably the most challenging national issue in Ghana today. This unbridled r...
Ghana is the second largest producer of gold in sub-Saharan Africa, and has experienced a significan...
Since the implementation of Ghana's national Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), policies associa...
Since the implementation of Ghana's national Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP), policies associa...
Despite their enormous mineral wealth, communities affected by large-scale mining in Ghana struggle ...
© 2018 Two scales of gold mining operations, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale ...
The Illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (Galamsey) ‘Menace’ in Ghana: Is a Military-Style Appro...
Investigations were conducted to assess the effects of small-scale (artisanal) gold mining and its s...
The Illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (Galamsey) ‘Menace’ in Ghana: Is a Military-Style Appro...
The environment, its natural resources and development capacity remains a contentious element in the...