Child labour in African artisanal mining communities: Experiences from Northern Ghana

Development and Change

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 445-473

  Hilson, Gavin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; CHILD LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; POVERTY; SMALL SCALE MINING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

GHANA; UPPER EAST REGION;

EID: 77955046268     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2010.01646.x     Document Type: Article

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