Shifting sand, shifting livelihoods? Reflections on a coastal gold rush in Ghana
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is often characterised as rush-type activity undertaken by people looking to ‘get-rich quick’. An alternative view posits ASM as poverty-driven activity which provides a valuable source of employment to a rural population where agriculture has failed to provide...
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Elsevier
2014
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