Diamonds, governance and 'local' development in post-conflict Sierra Leone: Lessons for artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa?

Resources Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 71-79

  Maconachie, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artisanal and small scale mining; Diamonds; Governance; Sierra Leone

Indexed keywords

TRANSPARENCY;

ARTISANAL AND SMALL SCALE MINING; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMPLEX MONITORING; EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY; GOOD GOVERNANCES; GOVERNANCE; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DIAMONDS;

ACCOUNTABILITY; ARTISANAL MINING; DIAMOND; EXTRACTION METHOD; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POST-WAR; SMALL SCALE MINING;

AFRICA; SIERRA LEONE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 60849091331     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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