"The ladder that sends us to wealth": Artisanal mining and poverty reduction in Tanzania

Resources Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 32-38

  Fisher, Eleanor ^a   Mwaipopo, Rosemarie ^b   Mutagwaba, Wilson ^c   Nyange, David ^d   Yaron, Gil ^e  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^c MTL Consulting Company Limited   (Tanzania)

^d SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^e GY Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artisanal and small scale mining; Diamonds; Gold; Poverty reduction; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; GOLD; ZONING;

ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING; ARTISANAL MININGS; DIAMOND MININGS; LARGE-SCALE MININGS; POVERTY REDUCTION; TANZANIA;

MINING;

ARTISANAL MINING; DIAMOND; GOLD MINE; INCOME; POVERTY; SMALL SCALE MINING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 60749118003     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2008.05.003     Document Type: Article

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