Why is illegal gold mining activity so ubiquitous in Rural Ghana?

African Development Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 237-270

  Hilson, Gavin ^a   Potter, Clive ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; GOLD MINE; MINING; SMALL SCALE MINING;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 20444486364     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8268.2003.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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