Harvesting mineral riches: 1000 years of gold mining in Ghana

Resources Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 13-26

  Hilson, Gavin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; Gold Coast; Gold mining; Policy; Trade

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EXTRACTION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

MINERAL EXPORTS;

GOLD MINES;

GOLD MINE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MINING INDUSTRY; TRADE FLOW;

GHANA;

JUNCUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 0036524586     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4207(03)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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