What is wrong with the Global Support Facility for small-scale mining?

Progress in Development Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-249

  Hilson, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artisanal and small scale mining (ASM); Global Support Facility; Livelihoods; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; LOCAL ECONOMY; REGULATORY APPROACH; SMALL SCALE MINING; WORLD BANK;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 37449025155     PISSN: 14649934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146499340700700304     Document Type: Article

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