Structural adjustment and subsistence industry: Artisanal gold mining in Ghana

Development and Change

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-131

  Hilson, Gavin ^a,b   Potter, Clive ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; GOLD MINE; STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 17744379762     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0012-155X.2005.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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