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Small-Scale Mining, Rural Subsistence and Poverty in West Africa
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Gavin Hilson
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April 2015
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978-1-85339-629-8
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978-1-78044-593-9
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January 2006
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April 2015
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10.3362/9781780445939
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pp. i
Prelims - Small-Scale Mining, Rural Subsistence and Poverty in West Africa
pp. 1
1. Introduction: resuscitating the policy and research agenda for artisanal and small-scale mining
pp. 7
2. An overview - Small-Scale Mining
pp. 13
3. Poverty and economic development in West Africa: a historical analysis
pp. 25
4. Poverty and artisanal mining in West Africa
pp. 41
5. Artisanal and small-scale mining in West Africa: an overview of sustainable development and environmental issues
pp. 55
6. Mercury: an agent of poverty in West Africa’s smallscale gold-mining industry
pp. 67
7. Fostering cooperation between small- and largescale gold miners in West Africa
pp. 75
8. Artisanal and small-scale mining in West Africa: achieving sustainable development through environmental and human rights law
pp. 103
9. Introduction
pp. 107
10. Artisanal and small-scale mining in Mali: an overview
pp. 115
11. Artisanal and small-scale gold mines in Burkina Faso: today and tomorrow
pp. 135
12. Artisanal gold mining in Burkina Faso: permits, poverty and perceptions of the poor in Sanmatenga, the ‘land of gold’
pp. 149
13. Artisanal gold mining in northern Benin: a sociocultural perspective
pp. 159
14. Introduction
pp. 165
15. Diamonds, poverty and war in Sierra Leone
pp. 181
16. Reflections on the political economy of artisanal diamond mining in Kono District, Sierra Leone
pp. 211
17. Perspectives on diamond mining and public health in Akwatia, Ghana
pp. 219
18. Socioeconomic, environmental and policy implications of alluvial diamond mining in the Birim diamondiferous field, eastern Ghana
pp. 227
19. ‘Live and let live’: The relationship between artisanal/small-scale and large-scale miners at Abosso oldfields, Ghana
pp. 241
20. Strained relations: a critical assessment of the mining conflict in Prestea, Ghana
pp. 255
21. Addressing the environmental challenges of artisanal and small-scale mining in Nigeria
pp. 271
22. Postscript: progress on the horizon?
pp. 275
Back matter - Small-Scale Mining, Rural Subsistence and Poverty in West Africa
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